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June 11, 2026Human Ecology Research

Family Diversity Discourses Reflected in Home Economics Textbooks across Curriculum Periods

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HLHyejin LeeMCMeejung Chin

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Overview

Examines how family diversity is represented in Home Economics textbooks, highlighting educational implications.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how discourses on family diversity have evolved in Home Economics textbooks across various curriculum periods in Korea.
  • Adopted a discourse-historical approach to analyze the representation of family in textbooks from multiple curriculum periods.
  • Examined textbooks from the Third National Curriculum to the 2022 Revised Curriculum in Korea.
  • Analyzed the criteria for defining family and the value judgments reflected in educational texts.
  • Earlier textbooks predominantly represented the nuclear family as the ideal model, emphasizing its role in societal stability.
  • There was a notable expansion in the representation of various family types in later curriculum periods, reflecting societal changes.
  • Shifted criteria for defining family moved from structural elements like marital status to relational aspects such as affection and communication.

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Lee et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2a52d980c8f91e7f39eb20https://doi.org/10.6115/her.2026.022
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