This study aimed to examine support methods that teachers can provide when practicing caring education for home economics in junior high schools.
A teacher planned and executed a project in which a student solved a life problem. The goal was to understand how students perform care before they learn care education. At the time, the actual condition of the method the student used to solve the life problem (the method of care) for the care recipient (the object of care) was investigated. Then, the situation was analyzed from the viewpoint of the six aspects of care and the four learning methods for imparting care as advocated by Noddings. Consequently, the teacher had to use the following learning method to inculcate the concept of care in the students in the home economics class. The support method guided the practice of care, incorporated dialogue between the students, and emphasized the confirmatory aspect.