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A WORLD SURVEY OF HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION IN A CO‐EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM
Author(s) -
KIMURA HARUMI
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1983.tb00621.x
Subject(s) - family and consumer science , curriculum , government (linguistics) , position (finance) , economics education , economic growth , prejudice (legal term) , sociology , political science , pedagogy , medical education , psychology , higher education , economics , medicine , mathematics education , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , finance
A world questionnaire survey has been undertaken to obtain some information on the present position of home economics in co‐educational curriculum development. Responses were received from nineteen countries from all over the world. Home economics education occurs within formal education in every country, and in most countries the extent of home economics education for boys has been increasing, compared with the UNESCO survey carried out 10 years ago. Coeducational home economics has been regarded as important both by government and the public by 84% of all respondents, though there are many difficulties in the implementation and in the practice of co‐education, e.g. social prejudice and decisions about curriculum content.