부산대학교 도서관

Elementary school homemaking education is aimed at improving the present home life of each pupil and contributing to his or her future home life. But is this objective being fulfilled? This is a question of great importance that must be decided first of all if homemaking education is to be conducted in the future as it should be. In order to appraise the extent to which the studying of homemaking can be put to use in daily life, the following measures were taken : 1. Fifth grade (N=193) and sixth grade (N=195) boys and girls were asked to write a composition titled "My Family", and the results were analyzed. 2. Boys and girli in the sixth grade (N=227) were asked to write a composition under the title "The things that I have learned in homemaking that is useful to me in my home life", and the results were analyzed. 3. A questionnaire was sent to mothers throughout Kagoshima prefecture, asking them what was useful in the knowledge gained by children in homemaking in elementary schools. Respondents (N=1346) and their opinions were studied. 4. College students (male and female N=123) were asked how, in their present life, they could make use of what they had learned in homemaking in their elementary school days. The results of the above investigations indicate that the study of Foods helps the boys and girls improve their eating habits, makes them nutrition-minded and leads them to help their mothers with cooking. The study of Clothing proves to be useful in their acquiring such everyday skills as will keep themselves neat and tidy (ie. sewing on buttons, sewing up rents, washing and ironing), thus helping them form the habits of taking care of themselves. Besides, much has been learned in the fields of Housing, Family Relationships, Home Management, etc. In conelusion, it has been clarified that homemaking education in elementary schools is achieving its expected objectives.