Fashion design education has grown by leaps and bounds across world in recent years. It aims to prepare students with knowledge, skills and attitudes (l{SA) to work in fashion industry and be employable. To empower students with much needed l{SA, fashion design programs have industrial internship as a mandatory requirement that enables students to…

The purpose of this exploratory investigation is to examine the use of a pedagogical framework to guide the development of a successful service-learning project within a technical program (clothing construction) as determined by increased student engagement and qualitative feedback. This investigation uses student reflection comparisons to assess…

A program in which trainable mentally handicapped (TMH) students are taught home economics skills is described. Discusses why home economics is the area usually chosen for educating TMH, how a suitable curriculum is developed, and how this curriculum can be implemented in food classes and in clothing classes. (CT)