Concerning the Role of Home Economics Educationin Regards to, as well as Teathers' Recognition of Children's Hand Coodination Skills

我们通过文献研究、问卷调查和儿童手协调技能状况调查，在当前教育的背景下定义了“手协调技能”，并提出了关于实践培训和练习在家庭经济教育中的作用的建议。从历史上看，通过工业的机械化，不仅在工作场所，而且在家里，体力劳动一直在减少，由于失去手协调技能而引起的“人类危机”一直延伸到生活的方方面面。在学校教育的历史上，“手协调技能”是在绘画和手工艺课的背景下教授的，而不是家庭经济学教育的主要科目。根据教师对幼儿手协调技能认知的调查发现，幼儿对手协调技能重要性的认识在学前和高年级普遍较高，而在小学和初中生较低。从“手协调”和“任务执行技能”两个方面对儿童日常生活和家务劳动技能的发展进行了调查，并对“倒水”和“用筷子搬豆”进行了观察。综上所述，在日常生活中使用双手或全身有助于儿童的身心健康发展。因此，为了确保儿童的全面发展，学校教育和家庭教育都需要有意识、有目的地使用手。特别是家庭教育中的实践训练和锻炼，不仅对获得日常生活技能有重要作用，而且从儿童发展的角度来看也是如此。

We defined "hand coordination skills" in the context of current education through literature research, theacer surveys, and surveys of the state of children's hand coordination skills, and in addition, mede a proposal concerning the role of practical training and exercises in Home Economic education.1. Historically, through the mechanization of industory, at not only the work place, but also at home, manual work has been decreasing and the "crisis of humanity "that is caused by a loss of hand coordination skills bas been extending across all aspects of life.In the history of school education "hand coordination skills" were taught in the context of drawing and handicraft class, and were not the main subject of Home Econonics Education.2. According to the teacher survey concerning the recognition of hand oordination skills of children, we found that the awareness of these skills' importance was generally high in pre-school and highscool, and low in elementary and middle scools.3. We conducted a survey of children's hand skill development concerning everyday life and household help as well as observations of "water pouring" and "moving beans with chopsticks" in the context of the two aspects of "hand coordination" and "skill of task performance".4. In conclusion, using one's hands or entire body in everyday life contributes to children's both mental and physical growth in a substaintial way.Therefore, in order to ensure children's full development, it is necessary to include conscious, and purposeful use of the hands in school education and at home.In particular, practical training and exercises in home education play an important role in not only acquiring the skill of everday living, but also from the viewpoint of children's development.