This paper aims to examine teaching contents in the province of housing study in home economics education of junior high school. In order to find out where the interest of teachers and students on the province of housing study lies, we researched with the questionnaire that consists of 50 items for dwelling life. The results of the survey are as follows: School lesson is ordinarily based on course of study. In addition, teachers think the need of teaching contents with meeting the needs of the

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... imes. Meanwhile, students have little interests in housing study. It should be pointed out, however, that teachers and students alike show more interests in "dwelling sanitation and security," "environmental problem," "dwelling environment for the aged and the disabled persons" and "town planning." Students have more interests in "family and privacy" and "interior design," too, which is in stark contrasts with the opinions expressed by teachers who base on course of study. The results suggest that there is a need to give second thought about the teaching contents while restructuring the course of study.