Home Economics (HE) teachers can have a central role in teaching sustainable development (SD) to young adolescents through everyday household management and the promotion of personally and globally sustainable well-being. How well the teachers cope with this task is not well known. The objective of this study was to survey Finnish HE…

As the use of digital technologies in teaching and learning becomes more institutionalized in pre-service teacher preparation, it becomes increasingly necessary to incorporate content specific technology experiences to enable career and technical teachers to seamlessly integrate the diversity of digital tools available to today's learners. Using…

At Southern Utah University (SUU), service-learning is a priority. For the past few years, the campus has joined the national movement toward an engaged student body by dedicating faculty released time, resources, and finances to develop the Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement. The family and consumer sciences (FCS) faculty embraced…

This study was undertaken to assess the contributions of teachers' knowledge of Curriculum Characteristics, value internalization and commitment, perception of adequacy of facilities, equipment and materials, and degree of performance of implementation roles/behaviours to achievements in Junior Secondary Certificate Examination in Home Economics.…

This study investigated the level of degree to which the home Economics teachers developed value internalization and commitment for the implementation of the National Junior Secondary School Home Economics Curriculum (NJSSHEC). It also determined the state and qualification influence on the level of degree of value internalization and commitment…

In this article the author shares a partial biography of Elizabeth Evans, who became a domestic science teacher in Britain during the First World War. This story begins with a small collection of artefacts--professional letters and personal photographs--which infuse our understanding of teaching and learning and Elizabeth's everyday life nearly a…

Home economics is a dynamic field that imparts knowledge intended to help people adapt to their environment by making effective use of human and material resources. Hence, the profession values global concerns for the environment, human rights, health, and well-being. In Nigeria, home economics teachers must also consider the role they play in…

Most school districts do not have a full time human resources administrator to conduct interviews and this important task most often becomes the responsibility of the building principal or a department head. Here is a guide designed for hiring employees, both professional staff as well as non-professional, in public, parochial, or private schools.…

Secondary-level home economics teachers in four Canadian provinces were surveyed regarding their views of the value of a global perspective in home economics courses. Questionnaires were mailed to a total of 292 home economics teachers who had attended a global education inservice program (44, 43, 62, and 104 teachers in Manitoba, Ontario, New…

Includes "Addressing the Critical Shortage of FACS [Family and Consumer Sciences] Educators"; "Leaving Home Economics in the Past" (Ruth E. Thaler-Carter); "Cutting-Edge Training and Career Relevance" (Ruth E. Thaler-Carter); and "Meeting the Demands of a Growth Industry" (Laird Livingston). (JOW)

Issues discussed about the future for home economics in secondary schools include educational objectives, curriculum content, new directions, curriculum on the family, teacher effectiveness, evaluation techniques, teaching materials, grouping, and the teacher as a person. (TA)

Research examining the relationship of attitude, vocational interests, personal needs, academic achievement, background factors, and academic ability to success in student teaching of home economics. (Editor/MP)

The concerns of first-year home economics teachers were identified on a month-by-month basis in relationship to selected situational factors in the school and community (e.g. class size, number of daily lesson preparations, living conditions, and friends). Number of lesson preparations and reaction to administration were found to be significantly…

A discussion of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (which amended portions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) prohibiting sex discrimination in federally-assisted education programs. Focus is on implications of title IX regulations, the impact of unconscious phrases, the "stereotype trap," sex bias in textbooks, sex-role related objects,…