Towards a New Era, Towards Our Future
Based on a 125-year legacy, a new era of home economics education at Wayo
Women’s University begins now
The Home Economics Education Research Lab was established in 2022, on the
125th anniversary of the
founding of Wayo Women's University. The Lab will function as a base where
those involved in home
economics education can collaborate beyond their respective positions and
fields. It creates a space for
home economics teachers to learn from each other, hold lectures, seminars,
and workshops, and also build
networks for exchanging and sharing information, developing teaching
materials, distributing
newsletters, and more. We envision the Lab becoming a place where people of
different backgrounds can
meet and interact, all towards realizing the fundamental goal of home
economics education: "the creation
of a better life.”
The Home Economics Education Research Lab is looking for members who share in
its vision. We welcome
the participation of not only home economics teachers but also individuals
who have studied and promoted
home economics education as well as those interested in and supportive of
this field. If you agree with
our founding principles and bylaws, and wish to become a member, please
submit an application form in
one of the three ways listed under “Membership Information.”
Overview of Activities of the Home
Economics Education Research Lab
- Empowering Home Economics Teaching
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Home Economics Teachers
■Building a network of mutual learning and
support for home economics
teachers
■Support for recurrent students
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and
systematization of home economics
■Organizing the study contents of home
economics courses and creating a
map for systematic learning
■Dissemination of research results: planning
and operation of study
groups, development of teaching materials
star_rateDevelopment
of
programs for home economics education as lifelong learning
- Creation of home economics communities
■Creation and operation of information
exchanges and networks for Lab
members
■Planning and operation of training sessions
for members
■Regular dissemination of a news letter
- Recording and passing on the 125-year history of Japanese and
Western Home Economics:
Development of a "Japanese and Western Home Economics Archive”
■Recording the life histories and educational
practices of home economics
teachers
- Study Groups
- Information on study groups hosted by the Lab (in preparation)
- News Letter (in preparation)
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Our founding charter → 
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Our bylaws →
Distinguished
Researchers
Yukiko KUDO
Yukiko Kudo is currently President of the Japan Association
of Home Economics Education,
Vice-President of the Asian Regional Association for Home
Economics, and an Affiliate Member of
the Science Council of Japan.
She was formerly a Senior Textbook Researcher (Home
Economics), Elementary and Secondary
Education Bureau, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology, and was
also a Professor, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences,
at Yokohama National University.
Areas of Expertise
Principles of home economics, lifestyle management, home
economics education
Hiroko SATO (Ph.
D)
Hiroko Sato is Professor Emeritus, University of Hyogo, and
a part-time lecturer at both the
Graduate School of Integrated Life Studies, Wayo Women's
University, and the Faculty of
Education, Gunma University.
She is a Trustee at the Japan Socio-Gerontological Society,
Director of the International
Society for Liberal Arts, and Director of the New
Information Center.
Areas of Expertise
Sociology of the family, sociology of aging, family
relations
Yuko SHIBATA (Ph. D)
Associate Professor of Home Economics and Welfare, Department of
Home Economics, Wayo Women’s
University
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membership fee.
keyboard_double_arrow_rightParticipate
in lectures and
symposiums; participate in, and make presentations before, study groups and
workshops.
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other publications.
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Participate in a network of home economics teachers and receive
distributed information.
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Participate in other projects conducted by the Lab.
- Application by e-mail
Please send the application form to
the address below as an
email attachment. (You may also write each item of the application form into
the body of your
e-mail.)
- Application by mail
Please mail the completed application form to the
following address:
2-3-1 Kokufudai, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba 272-8533
WAYO Women's University Research Institute for Home Economics
Education
TEL：047-371-1553
