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…

Useful as an aid to both student and teacher, this manual is full of practical experiences (in lesson form) that the student will one day incorporate into her/his own life. Four units are included: Homes (3 lessons), Care of the Home (21 lessons), Laundry Care (10 lessons), and Safety (11 lessons). Each lesson includes a stated objective,…

Examined the efforts of relatives, friends, and professional caregivers in serving the homebound elderly. Results indicate that although the informal support network was perceived to be the preferable source of most home care aid, formal intervention was seen as best for housekeeping functions, specialized duties, and repetitive tasks for the…

The problems in measuring the economic value of the homemaker's job are examined. They include the complexity of components of the job, variations in the workload, and tools of measurement and valuation. (CT)

Suggests ways to interest male secondary students in joining Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Occupations (FHA/HERO) through changing their ideas about homemaking skills and showing them how men as well as women need the training and can benefit from various home economics career fields. (MF)

Explores the relationship between wife's employment, sex-role traditionalism, and reported division of household tasks and decisions. Findings suggest that despite differences among women in sex-role traditionalism and employment status, most women say that they and their spouses divide tasks in a traditional sex-role fashion. (Author)

West Virginia high schoolers are learning about the responsibilities and rewards of being an adult in a class called Adult Roles and Functions. Deals with family relations, parenting, home management, consumer education, housing, nutrition, and careers. (JOW)

Examined the pattern of reinforcers characteristic of the homemaker occupation in order to identify occupations similar and dissimilar to this job. Homemakers (N=107) with less than half-time employment completed the Minnesota Job Description Questionnaire (MJDQ). Reinforcers for homemaking role include decision-making authority and autonomy,…

Discusses a series of workshops run by The Early Childhood Resource Bank in London, Ontario, desgned to enable adults to live more joyously with children through an increased understanding of themselves, their children, social pressures, and lastly, through the development of real practical skills which in turn will make for freedom to develop…

Objectives of Project HAVE (Homemaking and Volunteer Experience) Skills are to develop, validate, and field test educational planning and experiential evaluation materials which can be used by women, counselors, and employers in assessing the skills which women have acquired from their volunteer work and homemaking experience. Progress to date has…

A study was conducted in rural Maryland which utilized a 3-stage panel design with experimental and matched control groups. The questions to which answers were sought were: (1) What specific changes are achieved over time by nutrition aides visiting rural poor mothers in their homes? (2) Is there a point of diminishing returns with home visits?…

This article focuses on the displaced homemaker as an unrecognized disadvantaged category for whom there has been little official concern and no specific assistance. (Author/AM)

Two home economists take a dim view of task sharing as the way out for the employed homemaker. What is needed, the authors say, are educational programs in time management. Specifically, they suggest noon workshops--with the employer's blessings. (Editor/HD)

In support of the relevance of home economics as vocational education, the economic value of the housewife's work is reviewed and the wife's contributions (which are too intangible to price) to the family and society are discussed. (BM)

Analyzes the interrelationships of six basic child-rearing dimensions (nurturance, obedience, responsibility, self-reliance, achievement, and general independence) in a cross-cultural sample of 110 societies. Most generally, results reveal that societal pressures in child rearing in one dimension is likely to be related to pressure in any other…