Reviews the historical development of home economics in Canada and suggests that issues addressed by home economists are as important and relevant as they were at the turn of the century. (Author)

THE ORGANIZATION OF A HOMEMAKER'S CLUB FOR MOTHERS UNDER AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN WAS PRESENTED. THE CLUB WAS SPONSORED BY THE LARIMER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE. PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED IN EVALUATING A PAST FAILURE OF A HOMEMAKER'S CLUB AND IN FORMULATING PLANS FOR A SECOND CLUB. A DISCUSSION OF THE FAILURE OF THE FIRST…

This book is designed to aid American home economists sent to other countries on technical assistance programs and home economists of other countries responsible for beginning such programs focused on the home and family. The information describes the pioneering experience of trained people in many countries and some ways in which basic principles…

THE VOCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE HOMEMAKER-WAGE EARNER AND WHAT CONTRIBUTION THE HIGH SCHOOL HOME ECONOMICS CURRICULUM MAY MAKE TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR GAINFUL OCCUPATIONS IN WHICH THE YOUNG WOMEN WILL BE EMPLOYED AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION WERE THE GOALS OF THIS STUDY. THE DATA OF THE STUDY WERE OBTAINED FROM (1) QUESTIONNAIRES TO FORMER…

Most home economics in Pakistan focuses on women's homemaking skills (food preparation, clothing, interior design), not career orientation; it caters to upper/middle class needs and traditional roles. Rural/lower class women's needs (agricultural production, nutrition, hygiene, family planning) are not generally served. (SK)

This Home Economics Educations Package (HEEP) is written to be used as a consumer education course on the selection of window treatments. The objective of the course is for each student to know the types of window treatments available and to be able to select window treatments to meet present or future needs. This guide has been divided into four…

These resource curriculum materials for a home economics course are presented here for use by teachers to prepare disadvantaged students for their homemaker family member role and the dual roles of homemaker and wage earner. The purpose of the study is to discover some implications for teaching those students from poverty areas in an urban setting…

The author presents a step-by-step procedure for home economics teachers to follow with their students in gathering information in their own communities about what homemakers do. The information can then be used in planning a program to prepare young people for the occupation of homemaking. (AJ)

An historical look at the rationale for women's education in the late 1800s. The elementary and secondary school curriculum for girls centered on the teaching of domestic subjects, based on social-Darwinistic arguments. (ND)

After outlining the three major purposes of home economics programs at the secondary level the article discusses how to best achieve these purposes with respect to facilities planning. Classroom and laboratory arrangements and their relation to homemaking skills, occupational home economics, and preprofessional preparation are discussed and…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 11 and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Home economics (consumer economics and management, family development, and housing). ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has two chapters, one for grade 11 subdivided into two sections: 1) Family Development and 2) Textiles and Clothing, and one for grade 12, also in two sections: 1)…

This curriculum guide on food and nutrition is one of seven subject area guides developed for use in consumer and homemaking education in Texas. Covered in the individual sections of the guide are the following: program and curriculum planning; teaching handicapped and disadvantaged students (student characteristics and teaching strategies);…

The article discusses a vocational home economics program offered at Bellingham High School, (Washington) in which students received practical homemaking training from the elderly and the elderly received homemaking services that helped them manage their altered circumstances and live independently in their own homes. (Author/BP)

Discusses the contributions that consumer and homemaking education make towards improving students' basic skills. These skills include verbal (discussing consumer issues, family relations, child development); reading (product labels, magazine articles, newspapers); writing (reports, notes, term papers); mathematics (budgets, recipe ingredients,…