중등학교 기술·가정(가정분야) 교과서의 직업기초능력 관련 내용 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent the current technology·home economics textbooks of the 7th national curricula offered education about the key competencies needed for the workforce in the section of home economics, as the importance of the key competencies was increasingly stressed. A content analysis was carried out in this study, and eight different sorts of key competencies needed for the workforce that included 35 subfactors were selected as the criteria of analysis: technique, inter-personal skills, problem-solving skills, mathematical ability, communicative competency, self-management/development, resources utilization and information literacy. And the home economics section was classified into five categories: human development/family relations, consumer life/resources management, dietary life, clothing and housing. After analysis sheets were prepared according to above-mentioned classification, 12 textbooks of the 7th national curricula for middle school 7th, 8th and 9th grades and high school 10th grade that were in wise use and published by different publishing companies were selected. Three textbooks each catered to the same grade, and the home economics section of the selected textbooks was analyzed. Every textbook should deal with the key competencies required for each unit, regardless of grade. But the amount of education and the frequency of sentences, photos and illustrations related to the key competencies were different even in the same units according to the publishing companies. Technique, mathematical ability, self-management/ development were handled in all the four grades, and the weight of problem-solving skills, communicative competency and information literacy wasn't adequate, though the 7th national curricula placed emphasis on those skills. It seemed because the authors of the textbooks weren't well aware of the curricula in terms of the key competencies nor fully considered how to teach the key competencies.