대학생의 인식도 분석을 통한 가정학의 발전 방향 연구

A Study on the Directions of Future Development for Home Economics through the College Students’ Recognitions

The purposes of this study are to find out the current problems of Home Economics and to suggest the alternatives so as to solve these problems for the future development of it. In order to achieve these purposes, review of literatures and survey about college students’ recognitions of Home Economics are carried out. The data were obtained through 160 major and 115 nonmajor students and analyzed by frequency, mean, and ANOVA. The results show that college students positively recognize the value of Home Economics, but have negative recognition about the status of it. Especially nonmajor male students have conventional thoughts and more major students want to change the name of Home Economics. It is also showed that the most important impediment factors of Home Economics are recognition fallacies, and the most urgent tasks are establishment of accreditation or professions. Therefore Home Economists must endeavor to improve the scientific status through social services, development of certification system, professionalization, theory construction, and approaches to problems of changing families.