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Donna Pendergast - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • what is the status of food literacy in australian high schools perceptions of Home Economics teachers
    Appetite, 2017
    Co-Authors: Rimante Ronto, Donna Pendergast, Lauren Ball, Neil David John Harris
    Abstract:

    The high school setting has been identified as an ideal setting to teach adolescents about healthy dietary behaviours. This study explored Home Economics teachers' (HETs) views on the role of high schools in enhancing adolescents' food literacy and promoting healthy dietary behaviours. Semi-structured interviews with 22 HETs were conducted. The interview questions focused on the perceived strengths/opportunities and the limitations/barriers in enhancing adolescents' food literacy and healthy dietary behaviours in Australian high schools. Thematic data analysis was used to identify five key themes from the interview transcripts: (1) the standing of food-related life skills; (2) food literacy in the Australian school curriculum; (3) emphasis on resources; (4) learning through school canteens; and (5) building a school to Home and community nexus. Overall, HETs reported that Home Economics was regarded by parents and other school staff to be less important than Maths or English for adolescents to learn in Australian high schools. Some teachers indicated that their schools offered one year compulsory teaching of food related studies which is typically delivered in the leaning areas of Technologies or Health and Physical Education (HPE). However, HETs stated that the time was insufficient to develop sustainable food-related life skills and introduce broader concepts of food literacy such as environmental sustainability. The lack of financial resources and non-supportive school food environments, including school canteens, were reportedly major factors that prevented food literacy education and healthy dietary behaviours of adolescents. Increasing the status of food literacy education in schools would support adolescents to develop food-related life skills and mobilise them as agents of dietary behaviour change in the Home setting.

  • environmental factors of food literacy in australian high schools views of Home Economics teachers
    International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2017
    Co-Authors: Rimante Ronto, Donna Pendergast, Lauren Ball, Neil David John Harris
    Abstract:

    This study set out to examine environmental factors impacting on the food literacy of adolescents. It utilized data from a nation‐wide survey of Home Economics teachers regarding their experience of food literacy education in Australian high schools. Content analysis and the ANGELO framework were applied to analyse free‐text comments from 78 of the respondents that were collected as part of a more extensive data set. The analysis of environmental factors revealed three enablers and ten barriers that could influence food literacy education delivered by high schools in Australia. High schools are well positioned to improve adolescents’ food literacy through a comprehensive, hands‐on approach in Home Economics. However, many environmental barriers were reported that could influence food literacy education in Australian high schools such as: lack of teaching materials and facilities, and human resources; the perceived inadequacy of the Australian school curriculum; non‐supportive school canteens; and negative role modelling. This study points to the need to eliminate or reduce these environmental barriers impacting on the capacity for effective food literacy education in high schools to help adolescents increase their food literacy and thereby support them in making informed food choices.

  • creating Home Economics futures the next 100 years
    2012
    Co-Authors: Donna Pendergast, Sue L. T. Mcgregor, Kaija Turkki
    Abstract:

    In 2012, the World Congress of the International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE) was hosted by Home Economics Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. It was the first congress of the 'next one hundred years'. Home Economics as a profession celebrated the centennial of the establishment of IFHE at the World Congress in 2008. This was followed up by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) centenary in 2009. As the profession commences its second century of influence, the opportunity to provide a future orientation has never been more important. This chapter provides the platform for outlining the futures orientation underlying the chapters of this book.

  • Home Economics and food literacy an international investigation
    International Journal of Home Economics, 2012
    Co-Authors: Donna Pendergast, Yvonne Anne Neilson Dewhurst
    Abstract:

    Child and adult obesity is a growing concern in affluent nations around the world, as typified in Australia where the incidence is more than 25% for children and 55% for adults. The connection between obesity, food choices, nutrition knowledge, and food preparation skills is well established. However, education about the concept and processes of 'food literacy' is relatively new. Furthermore, public discussion about the role of schools and formal curriculum to prepare young people to be food literate has received scant attention until recently, when medical experts dealing with the consequences of the obesity epidemic made the following plea ''providing a mandatory food preparation curriculum to students throughout the country may be among the best investments society could make-bring Home Economics back'' (Lichtenstein & Ludwig, 2010, p.1858). This paper reports on an international study about the role of Home Economics in developing food literacy. Data were collected using an online survey with respondents from around the world replying to a series of questions about this topic. A total of 1188 respondents from 36 different countries in the world shared their views. Among key findings are the differences in understandings of 'food literacy'. Recommendations for future action are presented as a conclusion to this paper.

  • teacher perceptions of the contribution of Home Economics to sustainable development education a cross cultural view
    International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2011
    Co-Authors: Yvonne Anne Neilson Dewhurst, Donna Pendergast
    Abstract:

    This paper reports on the contribution of Home Economics to sustainable development education as part of the school curriculum for students aged 11-18 years in a number of cultural contexts. A survey was used to collect data from Home Economics teachers in Australia, Canada, Malta and Scotland to better understand the similarities and differences of Home Economics curriculum in these contexts, as it contributes to sustainable development education. The data reveal that the teachers in the study considered sustainable development to be an important issue, and the formal Home Economics curricula made significant contributions to the education of this topic. It is noted, however, that the field of sustainable development education has neglected studies of Home Economics education and its teachers' perceptions about sustainable development education, and this is reinforced by a lack of research generated from the Home Economics field. The researchers argue that this is an inhibiting factor affecting the capacity of schools to achieve sustainable development goals.

Karin Hjalmeskog - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the ideal food consumer in Home Economics a study of swedish textbooks from 1962 to 2011
    International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2017
    Co-Authors: Lolita Eriksson, Karin Hjalmeskog
    Abstract:

    Is the ideal food consumer, educated in Home Economics in Sweden, one who makes sustainable choices? By examining Home Economics textbooks for lower secondary school published between 1962 to 2011, we explored what kind of food consumers emerged and thus open up a discussion on sustainability and food consumption. One standard textbook from each decade, in total six, was included in the study, and the passages dealing with food, as core content, were analyzed. Discourse analysis was used to reveal different characterizations of the ideal consumers, specifically in relation to sustainable food consumption. Three different discourses emerged: (1) the healthy and obedient consumer, (2) the healthy, thrifty and caring consumer, and (3) the healthy, thrifty and environmentally conscious consumer. There were both similarities and differences among these consumers, specifically regarding what knowledge they are shown to need and how they are supposed to learn. All three consumers are primarily motivated by health arguments, even though health is related to finances in the second and to both finances and environment in the third case. Furthermore, we found a common tendency for textbooks to express knowledge in a prescriptive way, with the implied belief that people are rational food consumers. This tendency leads us to suggest that the discussion about future consumer education and textbooks could be broadened and strengthened by the inclusion of a participative and critical approach and social responsibility. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

  • the role of food selection in swedish Home Economics the educational visions and cultural meaning
    Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 2014
    Co-Authors: Karin Hoijer, Karin Hjalmeskog, Christina Fjellstrom
    Abstract:

    This article explores foods talked about and chosen in the education of Swedish Home Economics as a relationship between structural processes and agency. Three data sets from observations and focus group interviews with teachers and students were analyzed for food classifications. These were related to a culinary triangle of contradictions, showing factors of identity, convenience and responsibility. Results show that foods talked about and chosen by teachers and students were reflections of dominant cultural values. Results also indicate that teachers had more agency than students, but that the choices they made were framed by educational visions and cultural values.

  • learning space for food exploring three Home Economics classrooms
    Pedagogy Culture and Society, 2013
    Co-Authors: Karin Hoijer, Christina Fjellstrom, Karin Hjalmeskog
    Abstract:

    Studies on children’s learning about food commonly focus on socialisation within a temporal perspective taking an interest in linear and developmental issues, where the Home is assumed as the primary place for learning food skills that should be deepened through education in Home Economics. Home Economics concern topics that are related to our private domestic life but education takes place in the public setting of school which indicates that here is a tension built into the subject. This article explores how a classroom can be understood and explored beyond a temporal framework when studying children’s learning about food in Home Economics. Observations from three Swedish Home Economics classrooms are explored with a spatial perspective concerning material, network and power aspects. A spatial perspective makes the challenges of Home Economics visible which can aid in further development of professional methods for teaching about food.

Irma Bowen Historic Clothing G. Collection - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Home Economics sewing sample, 1921, over-casting
    University of New Hampshire Scholars\u27 Repository, 2019
    Co-Authors: Irma Bowen Historic Clothing G. Collection
    Abstract:

    Sewing sample pages from the Home Economics 3 class notebook kept by Olive True Smith, UNH Class of 1921. At the time of her attendance, the University of New Hampshire was called New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Irma Bowen came to New Hampshire College in 1920 to teach textile classes, focusing both on techniques and the history of clothing. She began gathering garments for students to examine in class for enlightenment and inspiration, the beginnings of what is known today as the Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection.https://scholars.unh.edu/bowen_collection/1657/thumbnail.jp

  • Home Economics sewing sample, 1921, stitched fell seam
    University of New Hampshire Scholars\u27 Repository, 2019
    Co-Authors: Irma Bowen Historic Clothing G. Collection
    Abstract:

    Sewing sample pages from the Home Economics 3 class notebook kept by Olive True Smith, UNH Class of 1921. At the time of her attendance, the University of New Hampshire was called New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Irma Bowen came to New Hampshire College in 1920 to teach textile classes, focusing both on techniques and the history of clothing. She began gathering garments for students to examine in class for enlightenment and inspiration, the beginnings of what is known today as the Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection.https://scholars.unh.edu/bowen_collection/1660/thumbnail.jp

  • Home Economics sewing sample, 1921, stages of making a buttonhole
    University of New Hampshire Scholars\u27 Repository, 2019
    Co-Authors: Irma Bowen Historic Clothing G. Collection
    Abstract:

    Sewing sample pages from the Home Economics 3 class notebook kept by Olive True Smith, UNH Class of 1921. At the time of her attendance, the University of New Hampshire was called New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Irma Bowen came to New Hampshire College in 1920 to teach textile classes, focusing both on techniques and the history of clothing. She began gathering garments for students to examine in class for enlightenment and inspiration, the beginnings of what is known today as the Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection.https://scholars.unh.edu/bowen_collection/1662/thumbnail.jp

Eunjeung Kim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the relationship among practical teaching competence theoretical teaching competence and teaching efficacy of practical arts technology and Home Economics education teachers
    Family and environment research, 2019
    Co-Authors: Eunjeung Kim
    Abstract:

    This study examined the association among practical teaching competence (PTC) and teaching efficacy (TE), and explored the mediation effects of theoretical teaching competence (TTC) between the PTC and TE of Practical Arts (Technology and Home Economics Education) teachers. Data were collected from the 301 survey responses completed by elementary, middle, and high school teachers. All teachers showed high levels of PTC, TTC, and TE. Elementary school teachers perceived higher PTC than middle and high school teachers. PTC, TTC, TE showed significant effect in regards to teacher’s age and teaching career. Using multiple regression analysis, this study found that TTC fully mediated PTC and TE of elementary school teachers. For middle and high school teachers, there was a partial mediation effect of TTC in the relationship between PTC and TE. This study suggests that teacher education programs should develop a program that can enhance teaching efficacy by cultivating TTC and support teachers who want to strengthen competence, and more practical opportunities to practice teaching.

  • the relationship analysis of Home Economics education perception and characteristics of adolescents
    Art Culture Game Graphics Broadcasting and Digital Contents 2015, 2015
    Co-Authors: Eunjeung Kim
    Abstract:

    The purpose of this study is to analyze about relationship between characteristics of adolescents and the perception of Home Economics education. The subjects of this study were 229 male and 233 female questionnaires. Ques- tionnaires were analyzed by the SPSS program. The result of the study was as follows: First, The factors of gender, grade, type of school, preference of Home Economics education, awareness about real life have an effect on the perception of Home Economics education itself. Second, the factors of gender, grade, type of school, and preference of Home Economics education, awareness about real life have an effect on perception of the necessity about Home Economics educa- tion instruction.

  • an analysis of financial consumer education in the practical arts technology Home Economics curriculum and textbook
    Family and environment research, 2012
    Co-Authors: Eunjeung Kim
    Abstract:

    This study is to respond to the urgent demands of both society and times on public schools in regards to training an educated person who can cope with the financial environment of this diversified modern society. Therefore, this study will explain the concept of Financial Consumer Education and its trends of several other countries. By focusing on the current state of Korean Financial Consumer Education, it will call attention to the needs of introducing Financial Consumer Education to the school curriculum in order to educate students about finance systematically. To support our viewpoint, this paper analyzed and organized the materials concerning Financial Consumer Education in two curricula (2007 and 2011 Revised National Curriculum), and in a Practical Arts (Technology Home Economics) textbook of the 2007 revised version. Hence, the purpose of this study is to explore the desired direction and revitalization of Financial Consumer Education by analyzing the existing curricula. Even though the content of finance education begun from one of the subcategories of consumer education called `Financial Management,`the number of research about financial education through public education has been increased in response to the social and academic consensus. Therefore, we suggest the re-conceptualization of consumer education for financial education is necessary. Therefore, this paper suggests that Financial Consumer education in a Practical Arts (Technology Home Economics) should not be regarded as only one of the components of Consumer Education. Instead, by raising it to the status of Financial Customer Education, it is required to teach the learners to improve their personal financial management skill as well as to help them achieve financial knowledge, skill, and attitude as financial consumer.

Ylva Mattsson Sydner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.