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A Study on the Image of Practical Arts Subject Formed to Middle School Students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the image of practical arts subject formed to middle school students. The population for this study consisted of all 2th students currently attending at middle schools nationwide. A purposive sample of 340 students was chosen for this study. A survey instrument was mainly developed from the review of literature review to collect data. Generally, images of practical arts subject which middle school students have in their mind was identified as something about interesting, valuable, practical, cooperative, not attractive, simple, and noisy. Images of technology area was summarized as hard, difficult, cold, simple, and noisy. Images of home economics area was summarized as hard, valuable, and practical. And last, images of life area was summarized as safe, complex. Boy students image level in the area of emotion, attractiveness, interest, and intimacy within the technology area was more high than that of girl students. Girl students image level in the area of value, warmness, attractiveness, easiness, practice, interest, importance, and cooperativeness within home economics was more high than that of boy students. And last, boy students image level in the area of interest, quietness, newness, intimacy within the life area was more high than that of girl students.