한국과 미국 대학의 가정교육과 교과목 비교 연구

A Comparative Study of College Courses for Home Economics Education between Korea and U.S.A.

The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze subject matters opened on Dept ofHome Economics Education in Korea and U.S.A. For this study, 17 undergraduate catalog and college course guidelines of Korea and the 15 undergraduate catalog and course guidelines of U.S.A. were collected. Collected materials were compared and analyzed. For thiscomparision and analysis, classified the subject matters as three steps based on these data. Collected data were analyzed by arithmetic mean, percentage, frequency. The conclusions are as followings; 1. The number of the Home Economics Education relative subject matters opened in Korea is 10％ below, and U.S.A. s is 20∼30％. The ratio of U.S.A. is higher than that of Korea. 2. The domain of clothes & textiles and foods and nutrition is 50% i8n Korea, So, There is unbalance in Korea. 3. U.S.A. oftened various names of subject maters by characteristics more than in Korea.