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Comparison of Family-Related Contents of High School Home Economics Textbooks between Korea and the U.S.: Focusing on the Elements of a Healthy Family

한·미 고등학교 가정과 교과서의 '가족' 관련 내용 비교: 건강가정 구성요소를 중심으로

  • Kang, Namjoo (Department of Home Economics Education, The Graduate School, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chin, Meejung (Department of Child Development and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)
  • 강남주 (서울대학교 일반대학원 가정교육전공) ;
  • 진미정 (서울대학교 생활과학대학 아동가족학과)
  • Received : 2017.01.19
  • Accepted : 2017.02.15
  • Published : 2017.04.30
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Abstract

This study makes suggestions on the contents of home economics to form adolescents' values of a healthy marriage and family. For this objective, family-related contents of high school home economics textbooks between Korea and the U.S. were comparatively analyzed using a qualitative interpretation method, based on the elements of a healthy family. Obtaining nine types of high school technology & home economics textbooks (2009 revised curriculum), two types of high school home economics science textbooks (2009 revised curriculum), and five types of the U.S. home economics textbooks for grade 10 to 12, contents elements, described contents, pictures, illustration, and activity tasks of the contents were examined. This study discussed the implications of family-related content in home economics high school textbooks of Korea as well as presented suggestions to be used as basic data for the development of subject content. The results of the study can be summarized as follows. In the results of analyzing the family-related contents in home economics textbooks of both countries, Korean home economics textbooks emphasized the contents meeting a democratic and gender-equal family relationship, maintenance & creation of healthy family life culture, rational resource management, and support for children's growth & development. However, U.S. home economics textbooks focused on elements such as economic stability of family, stable food, clothing, and shelter, open conversation, support of children's growth & development, rational resource management, sharing family roles, healthy citizenship, and harmony between work and family.

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