The Placement of Home Economics Content in Junior and Senior High Schools

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Teachers college, Columbia university, 1927 - Home economics - 112 pages
 

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Page 105 - There is a very large amount of content in home economics courses of study, probably too large for the amount of time commonly allotted to home economics in the school program; (2) the home economics courses now include content on more subjects than foods, clothing, shelter; (3) the kind of subject-matter now emphasized is largely that from the producer and managerial...
Page 1 - RESEARCH PROCEDURE In this study, the topics were taken out of courses of study wherever they were found in outlines, problems, or projects. They were classified, tabulated first as topic elements, then grouped. Where there were topics with the same meaning, the one judged most expressive was used. Many topics could be interpreted and classified in more than one way. A choice was made on the basis of common usage; then cross references were noted. Topics that did not seem to reveal content were discarded....
Page 98 - Food Clothing House and Its Care Income and Spending Child Development Home and Family Relations Health and the Home Art and the Home Science and the Home...
Page 105 - There is a very large amount of content in home-economics courses of study, probably too large for the amount of time commonly allotted to home economics in the school program. 2. The home economics courses now include content on more subjects than foods, clothing, shelter. 3. The kind of subject matter now emphasized is largely that from the producer and managerial aspects.
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Page 112 - BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS, TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. Home Economics Education: Studies of Vocational and General Courses, edited by David S. Snedden. 1924. CALIFORNIA HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION BULLETIN, San Francisco, California. High School Courses in Science of the Household, Nutrition, and Citizen Homemaking. May, 1927. CRABBS, LELAH M. and MILLER, MABEL L. A Survey of Public School Courses in Child Care for Girls. Merrill-Palmer School, Detroit, Michigan. May, 1927. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,...

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