Proposals for the content of skin care cosmetics and care techniques I-II and applications courses in cosmetology instructor training programs

Each individual constituting the society needs to determine his or her needs as a result of having certain responsibilities, and of living in a specific cultural environment. A conscious or rather a purposeful education is essential when society's needs or the improvement of culture is considered. The fact that individuals can be educated and thus the desired behaviours can be formed, and the expectations to teach individuals how to employ those behaviours have revealed the necessity of educational institutions. Educational institutions are composed of formal education and informal education subsystems with regard to presenting education. Both in formal and informal educational institutions, educational programmes should be prepared and applied in order for the individual to be improved and educated. Educational programmes are developed by linking various parts such as aim, contents, method, evaluation and tools, and controlling the system as the consequence of determining individuals' needs and analysis of them within the framework of programme development. Application of educational programmes effectively is dependent upon the compatibility of the content to the individual's expectations. This research has been conducted by referring to beauticians', dermatologists', and lecturers' opinions in order to determine the views concerning the subjects that should be included in the contents of such courses as Skin Care Cosmetics and Care Techniques I, Skin Care Cosmetics and Care Techniques II, and Skin Care Cosmetics and Care Applications in the department of Hairdressing and Beauty.The research was performed by referring to the views of 457 people including beauticians, dermatologists, and the graduates of Hairdressing and Beauty department - that is, hairdressing and beauty teachers - between June 2003 and March 2004. The study was done through descriptive research method based on scanning model. The questionnaire of the research was designed by the researcher so as to determine the contents of the courses of Skin Care Cosmetics and Care Techniques I, Skin Care Cosmetics and Care Techniques II, and skin Care Cosmetics and Care Applications. In order to be able to prepare the questionnaire, a total of randomly chosen 30 people composed of beauticians, dermatologists, and teachers were interviewed initially and expert opinion was received. The questionnaire which was designed in line with expert opinions was applied to 50 respondents, who were beauticians, dermatologists and teachers, as a pre-test; and the reliability of the questions was determined.VI groups of questions out of 18 question groups. In three groups of questions - namely, " skin characteristics of face and facial massage (46-47)"; "Daily Care for Men and Cosmetics Used in Care Applications with Electroaesthetic devices, and Usage knowledge (57)"; and Daily Care Applications for Man (58)" - no significant differences were seen. In line with the data obtained in the research, taking the arithmetic averages of the responses to the questions and the results of the one-directional variance analysis as well as of the Tukey Test into consideration; the proposed topics and topic analyses were determined for the above mentioned courses.