A Study on the Degree of Learning Interest in the Curriculum of Home Economics Education for the Middle and High School Girls in korea and Japan -Focused on the Clothes Construction and Making of the Clothing and Textiles Unit-

가정과 교육내용에 대한 한국과 일본 여 중고생의 학습관심도에 관한 연구 -의생활내용 중 의복구성분야를 중심으로-

The purpose of this study is to investigate the degree of learning interest in the curriculum of home economics for the middle and high school girls in korea and Japan, and to obtain the basic guidance for the improvement of the effect of home economics education. In this study korea and Japanese textbooks were compared and the questionaires were administered to 290 middle school girls and 270 high school girls in Chong-Ju, korea, and 261 middle school girls and 248 high school girls in Tokyo, Japan. The obtained data were analyzed by percentile and $\chi$$\^$2/-test. In comparision of the degree of interest in hand sewing and machine sewing korean middle school girls showed higher interest than the high school girls, on the other hand, in Japan, the high school girls were more interested. In the unit of making a simple clothes, the middle school girls of both countries were more interested than the high school girls, and the degree of interest of Japanese girls was higher than that of korean girls.