Home Economics

(EDUKASYONG PANTAHAN AT PANGKABUHAYAN )

ELEM 12: EDUKASYONG PANTAHAN AT PANGKABUHAYAN

ROWENA P. FIGURACION
INSTRUCTOR
Introduction
 Home Economics
Is the profession and field of study that deals with the
economics and management of the home and community.

Is a field of formal study including such topics as consumer

education, institutional management, interior design, home furnishing,
cleaning, handicrafts, sewing, clothing textile, cooking, nutrition, food
preservation, hygiene, child development, and family relationships

It prepares students for homemaking or professional careers. The

Evolution of Home Economics

It prepares students for homemaking or professional

The history of home
economics is
attributed to
Catherine Beecher
(Sister of Harriet. - started in the United
Beecher Stowe) who States after the
was the first to American Revolution.
champion the for
economics of running a
This Act led to educate farm
house. The two sisters wives to run their households while
were both leaders in their husbands were having taking
the middle of the agricultural methods and processes.
Programs for Women were offered by
1800s who talked Lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois,
about domestic Minnesota and Michigan. A number of
science and valued or women graduated from these
institutions several years before the
education especially Lake Placid Conferences which
for women. eventually led to the home economics
movement.
 was the first woman started the Home Economics movements.

She was also the first woman to attend the Massachusetts of Technology
and became the first woman Instructor in the same school.

She was instrumental in getting her own space during the World's Fair in
1893 called the Rumford Kitchen.

She refused to participate in the kitchen demonstration because she

believed that nutrition was not only the women's work, but information for all.
 She was instrumental in getting her own space during the World's
Fair in 1893 called the Rumford Kitchen.

She refused to participate in the kitchen demonstration because

she believed that nutrition was not only the women's work, but
information for all.

For over 10 years, Ellen Richards and her contemporaries explored the
latest in this line of profession. It was their goal to form an
education and scientific association as an important component in
formalizing the profession.
The American Home Economics
Association

was formed in January 1909. It was

until 1993 when a group of modern
home economics met at Scottsdale,
Arizona to include the course for
home economics in the new
millennium.

The Scottsdale Conference changed

the name of the American Home
Economics to American Association
of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Home Economics is also known as Family and Consumer Sciences. It is
taught in secondary schools, colleges and universities, vocational school
and in adult education centers, where students include women and some
men. In the 1800s, Home Economics classes were intended to prepare
young women for their duties in the home. Classes were first in the
United States, Canada and Great Britain, followed by Latin America,
Asia and Africa. International organizations such as those associated
with the United Nations have been involved in starting home economics
programs around the world.
The term Home Economics started in the 20th century amidst an
increasing population of a literate citizenry and the greater
availability of printed materials that catalyzed the consumption of
literature in homemaking. In 1862, the Morrill Act was passed
which established land-grant to states that were open to women
and mandated to foster scientific theories and techniques and
modernized activities associated with home economics, such as
cooking, laundry, sewing, house cleaning, care of the sick, and
sanitation.
In the 19th century, courses in domestic science were implemented.
With the Lake Placid conferences in 1899, the activists called for
the teaching of Home Economics across the state. The American
Home Economics Association was formed among the conference
participants and lobbied for the funding of research and teaching
The Smith-Hughes Act mandated the importance of occupational
preparation in home economics, thus in 1917 funding was
provided. It was through this Act that women's role in home
and in the society was elevated. It was emphasized that the
study of home economics should prepare students for their
effective discharge of, duties in their respective homes and
prepare Chem for efficient administration of household affairs.
In the early 1900's, home economics gained popularity as a
result of urbanization, industrialization, and immigration.
The Vocational Education Act of 1963 diminished the funding that the field
had been receiving from the Smith-Hughes Act. Funding was only to be
provided for Home Economics education that led to gainful employment.

In the 1960s and 1970s, home economics came under fire with changing
societal norms for women at home and in the workplace. Many schools
dropped these programs and in some cases the educators of this
profession were criticized for their lack of sympathy towards modern
feminism However, home economics legitimately created opportunities
for women and greatly impacted American society, creating vocational
and economic opportunities for women and educating boys and men
about domestic skills.
Catherine Beecher was one of the first to champion the economics of
running a home. She argued for the importance of domestic life and
sought the application of scientific principles to childbearing, cooking
and housekeeping.
Also from the Beecher family was Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American
educationist and author and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's
Cabin 6. Both Catherine and Harnet were leaders in mid-19th century
North America in went talking about domestic science.
They came from a very religious family that valued education especially
for women.
The Morrill Act of 1862 propelled domestic science further ahead
as to land grant colleges sought to educate farm wives in running
their households as their husbands were being educated in
agricultural methods and processes.

In the last decades of the nineteenth century, the land-grant

schools, ECO along with a few private institutions, established
courses of instruction in what was generally called "domestic
Science."
Late in the 19th century, Richards convened a group of
contemporaries to discuss the essence of' domestic science and
how the elements of this discipline would ultimately improve the
quality of life for many individuals and families. A home
economics class was started in 1911 in Toronto and was named as
Oekology or the science of right living or Euthenics, the science
of controllable environment. Ultimately, "Home Economics" was
chosen as the official term in 1899.
Beginning in 1899 Richard, along with Melvin Dewey and other educators
and activists, organized a series of annual gatherings that became a
known as the Lake Placid Conferences. These educators worked
tirelessly to elevate the discipline, which was to become home
economics, to a legitimate profession.
Conference participants formed the American Home Economics Association
(AHEA). This organization effectively lobbied federal and state
governments to provide funding for home economics research and
teaching, including adult education work through agricultural extension
services, leading to the rapid expansion of educational programs in
1908.
In 1993, American Home Economics Association was changed to American
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences during Scottsdale
Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.
 History of Home Economics in the
Philippines
▪ Home Economics in the Philippines is attributed to
the late Dr. Helena Zoila Tirona Benitez, who
founded the Philippine Home Economics
Association in 1948. This was a national non-
government organization composed of individuals,
institutions, and organizations for the purpose of
improving Home Economics education in the
Philippines.
 The history of Home Economics can be traced through
these significant changes or stages of development:

▪ 1901 -American ▪ 1913 - Elvessa▪ 1920 - Girls in grade 1929 Elvessa 1941 — Every
methods of Ann Stewardt, 5 to 7 were required Ann Stewart secondary girl
became the was required to
instruction were a graduate of to devote 80 minutes
Superintende have at least
ensured by the University a day to home nt of Home one year of
bringing in of Nebraska, economics activities Economics in home economics
hundreds went to the which included the Burerau before
ofAmerican Philippines as cooking, sewing, of Education graduation.
teachers called a teacher in housekeeping, in Manila. Required
subjects
Thomasites. In Home sanitation, home
included
1901 vocational Economics. nursing, infant care
nutrition and
trainingin food selection, child care.
housekeeping and embroidery,
household arts lacemaking.
was made an
important element
of girls'
 For 20 years, domestic training had flourished in Filipino
schools starting with sewing, cooking and housekeeping.

Today, Home Economics continues to be practiced by

professionals in many venues including secondary teaching, college
and university teaching and research and outreach through
cooperative extension programs.

It has been given emphasis in the K-12 curriculum.

Societal
Changes and
Development
Brought about
by Home
Economics
Curriculum development and changes relate to Home Economics
education at all levels, elementary through adult and professional,
and in all aspects of the Home Economics program—prevocational,
home and family living, occupational, pre-professional, and teacher
education.

We require comprehensive and detailed training for every important

profession and career that serve human life and well-being.

Therefore, home management and nutrition science are clearly

important. It is evident that Home Economics education has many
opportunities to develop a visionary approach to education for
sustainable development and for improving the quality of life of
every individual.
Home Economics as a creative subject can allow for
experimentation and the development of critical judgment relating
to food and meals. That way it can inspire students to use their
skills outside school and later in life.

As a practical subject, the teaching of Home Economics

encourages students to cook and develop a sense of pleasure in
work as well as good working habits, and to be conscious
consumers, allowing them to take responsibility for food and meals
both in recreation and in the workplace and society. Teaching the
subject will contribute to an awareness of what constitutes a
healthy lifestyle.
The Role of Home Economics Education
in
National Economy
Dr. Michelle Pinnock (2015),
Director of the Ministry of
Education, Youth and Information's
Western Regional Office said
"home economics education
continues to be an important
subject area that plays a critical
role in nation building."

"the subject area provides the

knowledge, skills and attitude
needed for healthy family life and
community living, which are
regarded as for national
development"
"Home economics exposes Pinnock pointed out
our students to the that home economics
fundamental principles of education has matured into
budgeting and financial a range of offerings which
management, home and include home ecology,
resource management, human and consumer
health and nutrition to sciences, family resource
name a few," management, clothing and
textiles, home
management, food safety,
noting those family life, food and
significant strides nutrition.
have been made 'fin "Future-Proofing Families for 21st
educating our people Century Living"' is timely and implies a
about preparing
broader appreciation of the need to
foods within budget
and eating a prepare persons to take care of their
balanced diet." families amid the challenges
ofcontemporary living.
 Home Economic

is a field of study that is

primarily concerned with strengthening
family life and increasing productivity
of individuals in the social economy. It
synthesizes knowledge from arts and
science-based disciplines to improve
manipulative skills, organizational skills
and social skill (James, 2003).
Home Economics

is a broad field of knowledge and

services concerned with all phases of
family life. Lemchi (2001) also noted
that Home Economics is a skill-oriented
subject which is capable of equipping
the individuals with basic skills and
knowledge that will help them to be
self-reliant and thereby contribute to
the social and economic development of
the individual, the family and the
nation at large.
 Some of the careers open
to a Home Economics include “
• designing clothes,
• clothing retailers,
• home services representative,
• food specialist,
• home economist in journalism,
• nutrition and dietetics,
• family and child development,
• catering advertising,
magazines and public relation
writing,
• television,
• publications,
• business and industry.
 Areas of Home
Economics in the 19th
Century
Conclusion
04
Areas of
Home Economics in
the K — 12
Curriculum

1) Housekeeping
2) Caregiving
3) Beauty Care
4) Cookery
5) Bread and Pastry
6) Dressmaking
7) Handicraft.