Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the middle school students’and their parent’s perception of the 6th Home Economics Education curriculum, their learning satisfaction, and the students’s perceived learning effect, focusing on the areas of human development and family relations. The subjects of this study were 392 middle school students, their parents and 51 Home Economics teachers in Pohang and Seoul. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, test, F test, pearson’s product correlation coefficient, and $\chi$(sup)2 test, Schff post hoc test using the SAS computer program. The result of this study were that (1) the middle school student’s and their parent’s perception of the 6th Home Economics Education Curriculum, in general, was very positive. (2) Students, teachers and parents showed high levels of learning satisfaction with the areas of human development and family relations. (3) Student’s perceived learning effect on the areas of human development and family relations was considerably high.