A Study of Family Values in the Home Economics Textbooks of the Junior High School in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chao Hui-Tzu, 趙蕙慈
• Other Authors: 周麗端
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1998
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92007402028780089503

碩士 === 國立師範大學 === 家政教育學系 === 86 === The main purpose of this study is to investigate the content, quantity, and distribution of the family values in the Home Economics textbooks published in 1968, 1972, 1983,1994 for the junior high school students in Taiwan. Content analysis is adopt in this study and family values analysis categories are build through literature review.In this study, family values includes four different dimensions which are the ethics, the values of family, the values of marriage, and the values of gender role inside the family. According to the results of analysis, the content of family values occupied quite few chapters in all the junior high school''''s Home Economic textbooks. The major results of the study can be concluded as follows:1. Ethics dimension, ''''respect and tend eldership'''', ''''the concept of kinship'''', ''''family relation'''', is the most important part in the Home Economics textbooks.2. The values of family dimension, ''''the definition of family'''', ''''the genre of family'''', ''''the function of family'''', ''''the importance of family'''', '''' breed child'''', changes its content during the latest thirty years.3. The values of marriage dimension, ''''martial importance'''', ''''the conditions of selecting spouse'''', ''''marital composition and divorce'''', ''''martial laws'''', is the fewest in the Home Economics textbooks.4. Gender role development dimension, ''''gender role'''', ''''the labor division of gender'''', is found in some textbooks only.The results of this study suggest that the concept of ''''family values'''' in the textbooks are not enough and not so complete. Therefore, we should enhance in the future, and we had better change family values content according to the changing society.