• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.103-124
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a home economics convergence education program applying problem-based learning method focusing on the middle school food and nutrition life unit, and verify the effect of this class on the problem-solving ability of students. For this, the study set up the theme of 'sustainable life' by examining the relationship with other subjects, and set the key question as 'what is the relationship with the environment of food resources, the influence of individual level, and the solution method?' was postulated. And developed the problem and the total of 8 classes. As a result of conducting the convergence education program with home economics applying problem-based learning method, the pre-test and post-test scores were 3,54 and 3.96, respectively, which showed a significant increase in problem-solving ability (p<.001). There were significant differences in the dimensions of problem-solving ability, except for problem clarification. Therefore, it was confirmed that the home economics and convergence education program applying problem-based learning method is an effective class for improving students' problem-solving ability.