Date of Award
1940
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
First Advisor
Miss Josephine A. Marshall
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to learn what factors bring junior and senior high school girls into homemaking courses and what factors keep them out.
Questionnaires, containing choice of subjects, reasons for electing homemaking subjects, reasons for not electing homemaking subjects and homemaking subjects I would like to know something about other than clothing selection and food preparation, were given to twenty-five girls selected at random in each of two junior high schools and three senior high schools. In order to validate the responses of one group of senior high school students the same questionnaire was given at two different times, in November and in April.
It was found that a genuine "liking" for homemaking subjects was one of the main factors that influenced junior and senior high school girls to select homemaking subjects. The inability to get these subjects into their program of studies was one of the main factors in keeping them from electing homemaking subjects. The phases of homemaking that were most attractive to senior high school girls were those dealing with self improvement and greater efficiency in the home.
It was also found that the interests of junior high school girls are centered largely in themselves and their home activities. The interests of senior high school girls are centered in themselves, their friends and their own activities.
Recommended Citation
McKee, Dimple Kathryn, "FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ENROLLMENT OF NEGRO GIRLS IN HOMEMAKING COURSES IN A SELECTED GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOLS" (1940). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 492.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/492
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