Consumer Empowerment through Home Economics Education for Junior High School Students

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  • 中学校技術・家庭科における消費者市民教育の実践
  • チュウガッコウ ギジュツ ・ カテイカ ニ オケル ショウヒシャ シミン キョウイク ノ ジッセン

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Independent consumer action may lead to the construction of a sustainable society. During a class about consumer food choices in home economics, students studied “food information” cards, which listed information about a product’s environmental impact, economic cost, and producer impact. We then compared students’ survey responses about the purpose of shopping, before the class, immediately after, one month later, and one year later. Students’ descriptive responses were categorized as relating to “the environment”, “the economy”, “human happiness and changing society”. We analyzed the change in responses. The percent who remembered information about ethical consumption increased by about 9% both after one month and one year, suggesting that creating opportunities to remember the lesson raises awareness of consumer behavior to change society.

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