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Jessica Smith; Habiba Nur; Martha Archuleta; Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos; Celina Wille; Casey Coombs; Heidi J. Wengreen – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2024
Nutrition education can improve nutrition and health for refugees. Extension program directors providing nutrition education to refugees were surveyed regarding successful program techniques, program challenges, and both the barriers refugees face and the strengths they possess concerning healthy eating. Researchers used grounded theory to explore…
Descriptors: Refugees, Nutrition Instruction, Extension Education, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
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Erjavšek, Martina; Lovšin Kozina, Francka; Kostanjevec, Stojan – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2021
Education for sustainable development is essential for the well-being of present and future generations and is one of the key objectives in the discipline of home economics. The purpose of this research was to ascertain whether in-service teachers of home economics recognise the opportunities to educate students about sustainable development in…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Development
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Nicole A. Graves – Family Science Review, 2024
Family and consumer sciences (FCS) has a rich history dating back to its origins as home economics. The profession has always been rooted in multiple branches of science including chemistry, biology, sociology, and psychology. The Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge (FCS-BOK) unveiled at the turn of the 21st century helped solidify the…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Educational Research, Ecology
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McCloat, Amanda; Caraher, Martin – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
This study examines the experiences of teachers in the Republic of Ireland, as agents of the pedagogic device, in enacting curriculum policy at the micro level of the classroom. It explores their enactment of policy at a time of significant curriculum reform of junior secondary school education. Drawing upon the findings of in-depth interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Educational Policy, Curriculum Development