The development of home economics education in Japanese elementary school after the World War II and the professional development of home economics: according to the texts owned by Shikanai Tamako

家政学教育作为二战后的一门新学科，于1947年被引入日本小学。1949年，主张取消小学家政教育的意见很流行。开展了反对取消男孩和女孩为实现民主家庭生活而共同学习的家政学教育的运动。日本文部省决定在小学继续开设家政学教育课程后，采取了出版一定的小学家政学教育教材和扩充家政学教育设备等措施。MS. T.文部科学省家政教育调查官鹿内对日本小学的家政教育课进行了视察，并就如何更好地开展家政教育向家政教师提出了建议。

Home economics education as a new subject after the World War II was introduced to Japanese elementary school in 1947. In 1949, the opinion that home economics education in elementary school should be abolished was popular. The campaigns against the abolition of home economics education studied by boys and girls together for realization of democratic family life were spread out. After the decision of continuaion of home economics education as a subject in Japanese elementary school, the Ministry of Education took measures of the publication of definite teaching manuals of home economics education in elementary school and the expansion of equipment and facilities of home economics education. Ms. T. Shikanai, the subject(home economics education) investigator of the Ministry of Education, made inspections of the class of home economics education in Japanese elementary schools and advised home economics teachers on the better home economics education.