• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.139-155
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to improve the digital literacy of pre-service home economics education teachers by designing and applying 'teaching materials and methods of home economics education' class using the Metaverse platform in virtual classes during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this purpose, six lessons of the 'Teaching Materials and Methods of Home Economics Education' classes were designed and applied as a class using the Metaverse platform, and the effectiveness was analyzed. In this study, three types of classes(TBL, discussion, and PBL) were developed and evaluated. The results of the study showed that most of the learners were satisfied with the classes utilizing the Metaverse platform, and the effectiveness of the classes was shown in terms of learner-instructor interaction and the realism of actual classroom cases. Based on these results, it is expected that various home economics education classes utilizing metaverse platforms will be developed and applied to school sites to increase the realism of lessons.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.23-32
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• 1996

The purposes of this study was to investigate high school girl students’concerns about the family life education in Home Economics and their needs for learning in home economics classes in order to develop an advisable co-education curriculum. The questionnaires were completed by 196 first grade students in Seoul in 1993 and 765 first grade students in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefectures in 1991. The contents of the questionnaire were as follows：1) students’interests in the areas of Home Economics education, 2) students＇concerns in their daily life 3) students’interests in a new curriculum for family life education：16 contents from human birth to death. 4) students’experience with their family, and 5) students’educational needs in Home Economics’teaching method. The result of our research showed that：1) Most of senior high school students in Korea and Japan had strong interests in their life and life span. 2) Although there are some differences in the degree of concerns between Korea and Japan, senior high school students in Korea and Japan had strong concerns with their “characteristics and personality”, their “future job”, their “looks and figure”and their “hobby and amusement”, these had not been the contents of home economics in Korea and Japan, but had been in U.S. 3) Very few senior high school students in Japan and especially in Korea had contacts with their grandparents. 4) Senior high school students in Korea and Japan showed strong interests in their near future stage, but they showed less interest in the stage of early childhood. 5) Senior high school students in Korea and Japan showed their diverse needs for learning in home economics classes. The results indicated that co-education curriculum for family life education should meet adolescent needs and concerns, and our new curriculum, “from one’s birth to death/one’s life span”, would be more advisable.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.19 no.1 s.43
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• pp.65-79
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of practical reasoning home economics instruction on middle school students' views of home economics. Thomas(1986) categorized six alternative views of home economics as education for women, manual training, application of science, household management, family development, and an intervention. This study carried a quasi-experiment research with an independent variable of types of instruction and a dependent variable of views of home economics. The experiment was carried with the sample of 137 8th grade students in Gwangju area for ten class hours. Paired t-test was performed to examine the pretest-posttest differences of each experiment group and comparison group. The results showed that practical reasoning instruction improved level of the view of home economics as an intervention, and decreased level of the view of home economics as manual training. From the results of this study, conclusion can be made that practical reasoning home economics instruction is effective in changing to the appropriate views of home economics. Also it is expected that current Korean home economics textbook can lead to the views of home economics as household management and as family development.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.53-71
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• 2011

The purposes of this study are to examine the middle school student's educational interest and perception of usefulness on the content of the unit of 'Understanding of Adolescents' in Technology Home Economics textbook and analyze the relationships between educational interest and perception of usefulness and factors affecting them. The sample of this study is 521 middle school students living in Seoul, Inchoon, and Kyanggi province. The data are collected using structured questionnaires and analyzed by the descriptive statistics, t-test and One-way ANOVA. The results of this study are as follows. (1) The middle school students perceive that 'Stress Management' in Technology Home Economics textbook is the content of the highest educational interest and usefulness. (2) The factors affecting the degree of educational interest on contents of Technology Home Economics textbook are sex, residence area, age of mother, education level of parents, and level of Home Economics subject matter. (3) The perception of usefulness on the contents of Technology Home Economics textbook is differed by sex, residence area, age and education level of mother, and preference level of Home Economics subject matter. (4) There are strong positive relationships between educational interest and perception of usefulness on the contents of Technology Home Economics textbook. (5) Several recommendations for teaching-learning strategies to enhance the students' educational interest and perception of usefeulness on the contents of Technology Home Economics textbooks and future studies are suggested based on the results.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.87-103
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• 2003

This study aimed to research the cognition of Technologyㆍ Home Economics curriculum by the middle and high school students in Kyungnam area. Data were collected from 646 middle school students and 589 high school students by the self-questionnaire. The results were following; 1. The overall cognition of TechnologyㆍHome Economics were evaluated lower middle school students than high school students, especially the variety of lessons the lowest. The variety of lessons and satisfaction was correlated highly. 2. The practices of lessons were more frequently Home Economics than Technology. The most complains were the insufficiency of interests and practice lessons. 3. The overall evaluation of subject´s matters and subject´s goals were highly positive levels, but the item of the interrelatedness of Technology and Home Economics was a little low level. 4. The utility and the importance of subject´s matters were evaluated higher the Home Economics and Computer than Technology revealed sex differences obviously.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.71-82
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• 1997

The aims of this research study is to clear the differences of the learning effects and the cognition of Home Economics by sex in the middle school and to collect the future-oriented educational dates, after implementing the 6th education curriculum. The results of the study are as follows ； 1. Most of students had the cognition that Home Economics is a subject matter of a needful knowledge and skill for the family life, half students a cultural subject matter for the modern life. The former was supported by female students, the latter by male students. 2. Most of students were interested in actual training fields of cooking and hand-sewing, had a strong interest about a field of physical and social-psychological growth. The differences by sex interest about significant in these fields. 3. Most of students had positive responses in the learning effects of Home Economics. The most useful field was cooking and the worst was the structure and method of sewing machine. 4. The shortage and the dissatisfaction in the learning of Home Economics were lacking of the actual training hours, the old-fashioned teaching methods and the shortage of teaching materials etc.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.1-11
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• 1998

The purpose of this study is to analyze highschool girls' concerns about environmental problems after investigating the actual state of environmental education and to suggest some fundamental changes in the Home Economics classes to improve environmental education. The sample was selected form high school girl students in Kyounggi Province between September 16 and September 26, 1996. Eight hundred twenty (820) first and second grade respondents were used. The data were analyzed by frequency, mean, percentile, factor analysis. Duncan's Multiple Range Test, and Stepwise Multiple Regression. Based on the major findings, the most influential variable was parental attitudes towards environmental conservation and problem. Next in influence was the environmental education provided in Home Economics classes. Also important were the individual student's interest in Home Economics classes, and her belief in the utility of environmental conservation in everyday life. The research conclusions are as follows: 1. We'll find how to relate efficiently the environmental education with everyday life by analyzing thoroughly the text of home economics. 2. We'll develop how to educate students parents properly because parental attitudes to wards the environmental problem have a great effect on students' behaviors. 3. We'll ceinforce environmental education by developing problems, and to motivate them to take real action in the area of environmental conservation.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.41-57
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• 1998

The purpose of this study was to make a selection criteria for Home Economics textbooks in the middle school. For this purpose, first, the criteria were out by collecting, analyzing and synthesizing the literature. Second, questionnaire survey of the 6 selection criteria was performed. Questionnaire sent to Home Economics teachers of 401 middle school selected by systematic random sapling, 233 questionnaire were received and 220 questionnaire were analyzed for this study. As a statistical tool, SPSSWIN was used to analyze frequency, mean, standard deviation, and factor analysis. The research findings were as follows ; 1. Now for kinds of Home Economics textbooks are mainly used. At that time when textbooks were selected, these selections were made upon deliberation with the teachers in charge and in future this method will be desirable. Most home economics teachers realize that the selection criteria is needed to improve the objectivity of textbook selection. 2. As a result of making factor analysis, the selection criteria were revised that 52 items in 7 categories were chosen as textbook criteria plan. They consist of 5 items related to the outward form of textbook, 5 items related to the learning materials in textbook, 10 items related to the composition of textbook units, 11 items related to the guiding contents of textbook, 7 items related to the subject of experiment.practice, 9 items related to the composition of picture, photograph and diagram. and 7 items related to the use of instructional-learning method.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.169-190
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• 1997

The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of middle school students about Home Economics course especially in the area of Food and Nutrition. For this purpose anempirical survey was conducted using structured questionnaire from 482 students in the 2nd grade of middle school. The questionnaire contained questions about the general concept of home Economics course and general concept and the degree of the perceived need of Food and Nutrition part of the course. The data of analysis are frqequency percentile mean standard-deviation chi-square one-way ANOVA t-test and Scheff-test. The major findings of this study are as follows. The major findings of this study are as follows. First students show a tendency to perceive Home Economics education is $\ulcorner$related with ethics of human life for both sexes$\lrcorner$which is stronger in girls than in boys. Boys had a tendency to perceive that Home economics is related with $\ulcorner$home making skills in food clothing housings etc.$\lrcorner$or $\ulcorner$for girls and women only $\lrcorner$which is weaker in girls. Second students also show a tendency to perceive Home Economics is important and to agree that Home Economics must be taught to both sexes. This tendency is stronger in girls than in boys, Third students show a tendency to perceive that food and Nutrition part is related with $\ulcorner$meeting problems in food choices and nutrition$\lrcorner$which is stronger in girls than in boys. Fourth girls are more interested in Food and Nutrition part than the other parts and likely to practice what they learned in Food and Nutrition part of their 1st grade and became to pay attention to their eating patterns. These tendencies are weaker in boys.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.19-42
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to analyze the changes in contents of home management part in the home economics textbooks fur middle school from the 1st to the 7th curriculum period. The contents in the all of home economics textbooks published in every curriculum period are analyzed. The major findings of this study are as follows: 1. The part of home management is divided into seven specific areas including 'definition and process of home management', 'utilization of family resource and environment management', 'time management', 'household labor/work nanagement', 'family financial management', 'purchasing', and 'consumer protection'. 2. From the 6th curriculum period, the area of 'definition and process of home management' begun to be explained using system's approach and the area of 'household labor/work management' changed its' focus from household to self management. 3. The areas emphasized in the beginning of curriculum period were 'family financial management' and 'household labor/work management'. The 'consumer protection' ' and 'utilization of family resource and environment management' were the areas emphasized in the later curriculum period. 4. The contents of 'family financial management' area have changed very little, however, the contents of 'purchasing' area have changed a lot during the all curriculum periods. 5. The contents of illustrations, tables, pictures, and activities have changed according to changes of the contents of the textbooks.