An Examination of the Effectiveness of Educational Materials for Family Relationships in Junior High School Home Economics Classes

DOI Web Site

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 中学校家庭科における家族関係に関する学習教材の学習効果についての一考察
  • チュウガッコウ カテイカ ニ オケル カゾク カンケイ ニ カンスル ガクシュウ キョウザイ ノ ガクシュウ コウカ ニ ツイテ ノ イチ コウサツ

Search this article

Description

This study reports on lessons for first year junior high school students, focusing on relationships between adolescents and their parents, and the effectiveness of teaching materials aimed at helping them develop and increase self-esteem. Since the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has included the unit “Relationship between Self-development and Family and Home Life” in A) Family, Home and Child Development as a new teaching content in the Course of Study, the first purpose of our study is to review the contents related to parent-child relationships in three ministry approved textbooks. The second purpose is an analysis of the effectiveness of materials developed to help students think about their family relationships. Our review found that none of the three textbooks include enough about assertive communication skills to help students to learn to express their own opinions. However, the materials were effective to a certain degree in helping students understand the roles of their parents when compared with those who did not use the materials. We concluded that for better education there is a need to develop educational materials in accordance with their development levels that will help students learn about family relationships, form selfesteem, and develop assertive communication skills.

Journal

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top