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Frank, Gail C.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1987
This article describes the history of the school nutrition program and how it has adapted to meet the needs of today's students. The modern menu is more healthful, and nutrition education complements food choices. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Health Education
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Bird, Elizabeth – Gender and Education, 1998
Traces the history of two British schools of cooking and domestic science and a university program in domestic science, relating the history of these institutions to the development of technical education by considering the intersection of status and gender. Contemporary parallels with separate space for women in higher education are outlined.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Food Service, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Lyford, Carrie Alberta – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
The three brief courses in home making outlined in this bulletin have been especially prepared for use in the elementary rural schools. They are in no sense a complete outline of the subjects with which they deal; rather, they indicate a few of the important phases of food study, sewing, and care of the home with which the girl in the elementary…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Home Economics Education, Home Economics Skills, Home Economics Teachers
Calvin, Henrietta W.; Lyford, Carrie Alberta – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
Progress in home economics education has been marked in recent years. To the normal rapid increase in the number of high schools offering courses, the extension of systematic training in home making into the lower grades, the establishment of new courses in liberal arts colleges, and the more adequate support of departments previously organized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Home Economics Education, Home Economics