Home Economics Teaehers' Preferences for Home Economies Curricnlum Design categorized by Brown -Focusing on elements detel111ining curriculum designs-

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1998;36(2):91-104.

가정과 교사의 Brown에 의해 분류된 가정과 교육과정 모형 선호도 -교육과정 모형을 결정하는 요소를 중심으로-

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이화여자대학교 교육대학원 가정교육과

Home Economics Teaehers' Preferences for Home Economies Curricnlum Design categorized by Brown -Focusing on elements detel111ining curriculum designs-

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ABSTRACT

The specific objectives of the study were (1) to determine the preferences for three home economics curriculum designs(HECD) categorized by Majorie Brown(Technical HECD, Self Actualization HECD, and Practical Reasoning HECD), (2) to determine the differences between middle school HE teachers and high school HE teachers on each curriculum element, and (3) to determine the relationships between preferences for three HECD by curriculum elements and personal and professional characteristics of HE teachers. For these objectives, the subjects were randomly selected from HE teachers of secondary schools in the areas of Seoul, In-Cho, and Keungi. The 300 data collected by mailed survey were analyzed into frequency, percentage, Chi-square, and contingency coefficient using SAS program. The major findings were as follows: 1) the majority of HE teacher respeondents preferred the Practical Reasoning HECD about the following curriculum elements: Purpose of HE education, knowledge, subject matter, teaching method, society and culture, learner, learning atmosphere, and HE teacher's role. 2) No significant difference emerged when Chi-square was applied to determine difference between the two groups(middle and high school HE teachers) on three HECD according to each curriculum element. 3) The contingency coefficient between preferences of HE education purpose for three curriculum designs and age was 21, years of teaching was 23, between preferences of learning atmosphere of three curriculum designs and location of school was. 17. These mean that the younger and more beginning teachers perferred HE purpose of the Practical Reasoning HECD, and HE teachers working in urban area more preferred learning atmosphere of Practical Reasoning HECD.