INTRODUCTION TO HOME ECONOMICS LITERACY

(TITLE OF THE UNIT)

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A Book Report
Presented to the
College of Education
Eastern Visayas State University
Tacloban City

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In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Subject
HOME ECONOMICS LITERACY

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JEMALYN D. PINGOL
September, 2021
LESSON 1: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOME ECONOMICS

OBJECTIVES: Discuss the definition of home economics, home economics literacy, seven areas of home
economics, five main ways in which home economics classes are important, importance, aims, and
benefits of home economics.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMeJ3R_32s4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z2po-jAqJY

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https://www.legit.ng/1118649-what-home-economics.html

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https://education.seattlepi.com/seven-areas-home-economics-1946.html

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CONTENT:

HOME ECONOMICS, is called a domestic science or home science it is a field of study that deals with the
relationships between individuals, families, communities and the environment in which they live. In modern
times, home economics teaches people of all genders important life skills, such as cooking, sewing and
finances. With the stigma the term “home economics” has earned over the years the course is now often
referred by different terms, such as family and consumer science. By definition, home economics is “the art
and science of home management”, meaning that the discipline incorporates both creative and technical
aspects into its teachings. Home economics Courses often consist of learning how to cook, how to do
taxes, and how to perform child care tasks. Home Economics is the profession and field of study that deals
with the economics and management of the home and community. It is a field of formal study including
such topics as consumer education, institutional management, interior design, home furnishing, cleaning,
handicrafts, sewing, clothing and textiles, cooking, nutrition, food preservation, hygiene, child development,
and family relationships. It prepares students for homemaking or professional careers .

HOME ECONOMICS LITERACY

Home Economics is back! Smart money management, healthy eating, efficient use of energy and water
responsible child rearing, active aging. These are just some of the skill sets which governments are asking
from their citizens. And where these skills are lacking, policymakers are taking action to educate.
Consciously, and sometimes less consciously, becoming Home Economics literate is being seen as one
strategy which can assist in creating healthier, more productive and creative individuals who strive for a
sustainable quality of life. Home Economics literacy is defined as the “amalgam” of multiple literacies
including food, health, financial, consumer and environmental literacy. Its purpose is to enable individuals
as family members, responsible consumers and global citizens to make informed choices and opt for
appropriate behaviors in order to safeguard and enhance person family and community wellbeing. Home
Economics is taught as a timetabled school subject in many countries around the world also finding its way
into lifelong learning courses and the mass media. Taking Malta as a case study, this paper will present
how what was considered an old-fashioned girls subject for a few decades at the end of the 20th century, is
slowly being remodeled to offer a gender sensitive education with a life skill, vocational and entrepreneurial
orientation. It will give an overview of recent developments in Home Economics curriculum and provision at
different levels of schooling and within the community. It will also show how, true to its origins, Home
Economics ‘education' is taking a practical, problem-solving, active learning approach, enabling learners of
different ages to make wise choices which will facilitate adoption of more sustainable lifestyles. Finally, this
paper will also argue for a broader understanding of the role of Home Economics in education for hope,
happiness and harmonious living.

Literacy, is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use
printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in
enabling individuals to achieve knowledge and potential to participate fully in their community and in the
wider society. Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation for lifelong learning. It is fully
essential to social and human development in its ability to transforms lives. For individuals, families, and
society alike, it is an instrument of empowerment to improve one’s health, one’s income, and one’s
relationship with the world.

WHAT ARE THE SEVEN AREAS OF HOME ECONOMICS?

Emerging as early as the 1880s, the goal of home economics was not only to teach women how to cook
and sew, but also provided an avenue for young women to attend college. It was not until the early 1900s
that home economics became an organized area of study, developed by Catherine Beecher and Ellen
Swallow Richards who founded the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. It was these
pioneering women who first set out the seven areas of home economics in an effort to teach girls how to
properly care for a home and family and to open new career avenues. Now known as family and consumer
science according to the Los Angeles Times, modern home economics courses now offer a more inclusive
education to all students, including those in high school.

Cooking - since food preparation was central to homemaking, cooking is one of the earliest disciplines in
home economics. Early home economics programs taught women how to cook a balanced meal, and
included food safety and preservation. Additionally, they studied how to properly set a table and learned
how to host meals, not only for their immediate families, but for larger groups as well. This element of
traditional economics still exists today for both men and women in culinary schools, culinary programs for
family and consumer sciences students, and in nutrition degrees.

Child Development - in addition to cooking and nutrition, home economics students were taught how to rear
children. This included learning about the stages of child development and how to correctly respond to
children at each stage. Today, students who study family and consumer sciences still learn child
development, which has become so significant that it is, in many places, its own major.

Education and Community Awareness - since women were the first educators for their children, teaching
them basic reading and math skills before they entered school, it was significant for them to understand
how best to teach these skills. Though education and community awareness, which included moral and
ethical lessons, were originally a part of the home economics education, it has become so significant today
that elementary education has branched into its own field of study - but one that is still dominated by
women.

Home Management and Designs - early women who studied home economics learned the elements of
design in order to better decorate and care for their homes. This area of study also included cleaning and
organization, which was significant because homemakers were expected to keep the house clean and
organized. Today, individuals who study family and consumer sciences use these skills to enter design
fields where they thrive as designers, decorators, organization gurus and real estate staging experts.

Sewing and Textiles - another of the earliest skills taught to home economics students, sewing was
significant to the lesson plans because many women sewed not only their own clothes, but clothes for their
children. Additionally, this skill came in handy when clothing needed mending. Because patterns require
certain types of materials, an understanding of textiles was useful. This element of the traditional areas of
home economics is still relevant today as family and consumer science majors enter and thrive in fashion
design and merchandising fields.
Budgeting and Economics - in addition to cooking, child rearing, home planning and sewing, home
economics students learned how to budget. Because women did all, or most, of the family shopping, they
were expected to understand how to spend wisely and make the most judicious use of available funds.
Today, this traditional element of home economics is still relevant in family and consumer science
programs as students learn to properly budget, balance and invest income

Health and Hygiene - in addition to caring for the home, students who studied home economics learned
how to properly care for sick family members. This included sanitation, keeping the sick family member fed
and quarantined from the healthy, and at-home treatments for common illnesses. Today, some family and
consumer science programs offer this information to students, though it is not commonly its own area of
study any longer.

After talking about different areas of home economics, it would make sense to talk about why all
of them are important. There are “five” main ways in which home economics classes are important:

Lessons on safety - not all parents teach their kids how to deal with sharp or hot objects around them. That
is why it is important that children learn it somewhere. In their lessons on cooking or sewing, home
economics teachers are responsible for teaching their students how to deal with knives, hot stoves, needles
etc. Additionally, kids can learn how to prevent and deal with dangerous situations at home.

Learning proper nutrition - even though it is not exactly explicit, home economics teach children the
importance of proper nutrition. In the cooking lessons, teachers give kids some information on the nutritious
qualities of the food they are cooking. In addition, many teachers implement topics of healthy eating habits
in their lessons.

Useful life skills - home economics is one of the most useful lessons taught in schools. While other subjects
focus on theory and things that most of us will never use, home economics give useful tips on how to deal
with everyday things. Not many people need to use Pythagorean Theorem, but everyone needs to know
how to cook, clean and pay bills.
Living in a community - as many people go to colleges and universities after school, they need to be able to
coexist with other people in small spaces of their dorms. In school home economics, they can learn how to
share responsibilities with roommates.

Knowing how to be a good parent - even if you do not plan to have kids, it is still important to learn how to
deal with them. One can always use this knowledge to take care of younger siblings, friends' children, or
work in the child care sector.

IMPORTANCE OF HOME ECONOMICS

1. It helps to teach individuals how to live well in their environment.

2. It helps the individual to get prepared for the role of a home-maker.
To the 3. Individuals who study Home Economics can take up careers in home
Individuals
management, food and nutrition, clothing and textile.
4. It helps to create awareness about the dangers of food poisoning and
teaches them to prepare and preserve food with care.
5. It equips the individual with knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable
him or her cope with the problems of health, environmental sanitation and
overcrowding.
6.It teaches individuals how to send his or her money wisely.
1. t can help family members to get along very well with one another.
To the
2. It teaches the family how to plan, cook, serve and eat good food.
Family 3. It helps members of the family to prepare for their
expected roles in the society
4. It helps the family to manage their homes effectively. I
5. Home Economics helps to train family member’s in child car, It also teaches
them to cope with some of the health and social problems such as poor diet
delinquency and drug abuse.
1. Home Economics helps to raise a healthy nation through good food and
To the
Nation nutrition, clothing and body care.
2. It helps the nation to reduce poverty, crime, prostitution and other vices
 associated with youths. This is because its knowledge provides many jobs for
youths who are qualified and interested to work.
3. It helps to improve the economy of a nation. Home economics products bring
money into the nation in many ways, as those gainfully employed also pay
taxes to the government used in developing the nation.
4. It provides a variety of jobs for people thereby creating
a working nation.

Home economics counts as an interdisciplinary degree the focuses on the economics on running a
household. In the past, those seeking a degree in the subject, either to teach it or better run their home
farms, took coursework in the subjects such as chemistry, food preparation and fine arts. They also took
classes in accounting and basic economics. With the recent economic downtime, a look at the subject and
its importance has re-emerged, to proper nutrition, hospitality and tourism, environmental sustainability.

AIMS OF HOME ECONOMICS

Home economics aims to develop students' knowledge, attitudes, understanding, skills and values to
achieve optimal, healthy and sustainable living for every person as an individual, and as a member of
families and society.

BENEFITS OF HOME ECONOMICS

The teaching of home economics in schools has proved to be of great benefit to pupils. Home
economics has three major components; home management, food and nutrition as well as fashion and
fabrics.

Under home management, there are a number of components that include cookery, laundry, health
education and house craft. The food and nutrition part looks at the nutritional value of food and the
chemical aspect of it. In fashion and fabrics, pupils have the opportunity to learn a lot of skills in clothes and
designing. According to teachers handling home economics, the first time male pupils were allowed to learn
the subject, there was a negative attitude from them. The boys and the community looked at the subject as
one only meant for the girl child. Some thought home economics was just about cooking, hence the boys
who took the subject were looked down upon. However, today boys are doing better than girls in most
cases, and the attitude towards home economics has now changed for the better.
A person who has been taught home economics will most likely have fewer challenges in looking after
himself at home. Owing to home economics, we have seen young men and women developing interest in
opening their own restaurants. Further, others have found jobs at hotels and lodges even before collecting
their grade 12 examination results. A young man who is single and at one time learnt home economics will
be able to not only prepare a delicious meal but also a balanced one for himself. He will also have no
problem taking care of the clothes because of the component of laundry. At the same time, the young man
will also be able to keep the house clean. Get me right, I am not in any way saying those who have not
learnt home economics cannot keep or cook a proper meal, but the subject is an added advantage.
The other component of health education is quite important for girls and boys to some extent. Though some
pupils are not comfortable with areas such as reproduction, puberty, pregnancy and family planning that
are found under health education, it is important for them to have the information to use in future. If well
handled, the component of health education can go a long way in preventing unwanted pregnancies. Pupils
also have the opportunity to learn how to keep themselves clean.
Home economics, as a practical subject, should be promoted and encouraged to be learnt by our boys and
girls at school. With the dwindling white collar jobs in our country, we should remove all the negative
perceptions about home economics as a subject. Home economics, if all things are put in place, can create
thousands of jobs for the youth through being self-employed. The school administrations, teachers and the
community must mount a vigorous campaign to enlighten pupils and parents on the benefits of taking home
economics at school. Let’s not wait for the government to create jobs for the youth, because we can if we
take home economics seriously. School managements should strive to increase budget allocations to the
teaching of home economics since it is quite involving.
Parents of children taking home economics also need to be informed well in advance on the role they can
play in making the teaching and learning of home economics a success.
I am cognizant of the fact that already, teachers of home economics have teamed up to form an
association. There is also need for the selected teachers who attend national conferences to share the
knowledge they gain from such forums with the rest of teachers at their respective schools. I am saying so
because there is a tendency at most public schools where when a few privileged teachers are selected to
attend workshops or seminars, the knowledge they gain is rarely shared with the many teachers left behind.
The Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education has introduced what is known
as CPD (Continuous Professional Development), where teachers meet to discuss matters regarding
teaching improvement. It is during such gatherings that teachers share what they learnt at national,
provincial and district conferences. If all head teachers give the financial support to home economics the
way they do to sports, there will be a lot of benefits from the subject. Allow me to also commend the women
and men who are trying their level best to impart knowledge and skills of home economics into our future
leaders. The great educationists who introduced home economics to male pupils had a great vision.
Remember, where there is no vision, the people perish: but he kept the law, happy is he. (Proverbs 29:18).
We don’t want our future leaders, the youth of today at primary and secondary schools, to have a bleak
future. Let’s do something for them today through home economics.

TOPIC: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOME ECONOMICS

SUBJECT: HOME ECONOMICS LITERACY

YEAR/SECTION: BTLED-HE 1B

TIME: 9:30-12:00PM

PRESENTOR: JEMALYN D. PINGOL

FACILITATOR: LEONESA L. AGNER

ACTIVITY PARTICIPANTS: MARIAN BAGUINON

JOY YVONNE HILVANO
ALFREDO DEVOCION
ANALYN MENDONES
RALPH CAPULONG
SAMANTHA RANIDO
EVALUATION RESULTS:
NO. TITLE OF STUDENTS SCORES MUTATION
1 Abgao, Jammel
2 Acol, Gwen Desiree
3 Antecuando, Malyn
4 Bagro, Ken Arvix
5 Baguinon, Marian
6 Barbo, Jhayson
7 Boleche, Glenn Marie
8 Cabilin, Rhea Mea
9 Caiyas, Ken Jemima
10 Cantanero, Mae
11 Capulong, Ralph
12 Cardinio, Marvin
13 Disomancop, Norainah
14 Doblon, Trisha Joy
15 Eval, Benilda
16 Gonzaga, Jessa
17 Jacono, Rosevie
18 Hilvano, Joy Yvonne
19 Lagarde, Angel Liezel
20 Limpin, Ruby
21 Lugasan, Richard
22 Malinao, Renzroy
23 Masucol, Arnie Rose
24 Mendones, Analyn
25 Mendova, Ferlyn
26 Padigos, Jenny Mae
27 Pelino, Joanne
28 Pelino, Kerk
29 Vinas, Jen jen
30 Yangao, Krizza Lei
31 Yapoc, Anabelyn
32 Yu, Bhabes