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Home Economics Education in Secondary School Settings: Lessons from Education Policy on the Island of Ireland

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Home Economics education aims to provide a comprehensive, applied and practical experiential learning environment for studying food education. This chapter will discuss Home Economics secondary school education in two jurisdictions on the Island of Ireland—the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The educational rationale, aims and underlying pedagogical approaches to teaching Home Economics in educational policy in both jurisdictions will be explored and comparative case study similarities and differences highlighted. The Home Economics curricula at secondary schools vary between jurisdictions and this provides the basis of the analysis. The chapter concludes by detailing how Home Economics education can contribute to the systematic development and practical application of food skills, knowledge and competencies.

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McCloat, A., Caraher, M. (2020). Home Economics Education in Secondary School Settings: Lessons from Education Policy on the Island of Ireland. In: Rutland, M., Turner, A. (eds) Food Education and Food Technology in School Curricula. Contemporary Issues in Technology Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39339-7_8

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In this portion of the guide you will find material related to the field and practice of Home Economics ,   including both archival collections and published materials of individuals and organizations. The  International Federation for Home Economics  defines Home Economics as a field of study and profession that is "considered the original field of research on economic, social, and ecological aspects of everyday living." This guide contains material from Schlesinger Library holdings about women and organizations that worked within that field, as well as material related to guiding people through everyday household management topics. 

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• Anna Vertrees Love Ackerly (1893-1980) Anna Vertrees Love Ackerly had a life-long relationship with home economics. This collection includes a summary of her many accomplishments, but highlights her career as an active member of New York State Federation of Home Bureaus. She held many positions within this organization, including Vice-Chairman of the County Executive Committee, Secretary-Treasurer (and later director) of the Eastern District, and International Relations Chairman. The collection includes writings from other members of the NYSFHB, her friends, and her family on the topic of her life.
• Sarah Gibson Blanding (1898-1985) Sarah Gibson Blanding was born in Lexington, Kentucky and earned an A.B. from the University of Kentucky in 1923, an M.A. from Columbia in 1926, and studied at the London School of Economics from 1928 to 1929. She went on to become an educator. During her time at the University of Kentucky, from 1919 to 1941, she was an instructor of physical education, professor of political science, and dean of women. She then moved on to become the director of the New York State College of Home Economics at Cornell University, and finally a dean, then president, of Vassar College. The collection contains material pertaining to her career, including an oral history transcript about her time directing the College of Home Economics at Cornell.
• Alice Bradley (1875-1946) Home economist, hospital dietician, principal of Miss Farmer's School of Cookery (1915-1944), and cooking editor for the Woman's Home Companion (1916-1936), Bradley was a nutrition consultant for the government and private industry, teacher at cooking schools and on the radio, and the author of numerous cookbooks, manuals, and articles. Most of the collection consists of brochures and clippings from Miss Farmer's School of Cookery and biographies of Alice Bradley by her sister, Marion Bradley Atwood.
• American Home Economics Association The American Home Economics Association was founded in 1909 and served as the voice for the home economics profession in America. This collection includes State Governors' letters in reply to AHEA President Florence Wilkinson Low's request for support for the President's Commission on the Status of Women. The AHEA published a number of bulletins, newsletters, and journals, some of which are held at the Schlesinger, such as News-Letter: American Home Economics Association , AHEA: A History of Excellence , The Journal of Home Economics , and For You... A Career in Home Economics .
• Persis Conant Babb (1887-1915) This collection consists of one notebook, entitled Persis Conant Cook Book , which contains handwritten notes and recipes that probably were taken during a cooking class. The notes are divided by lesson on topics such as washing dishes, using a stove, and setting the table, as well as recipes for common dishes. The collection also contains a pamphlet advertising uses and recipes for Sea Moss Farine, and a pamphlet of recipes for Wm. Underwood Co's deviled meats.
• Cambridge Home Information Center The Cambridge Home Information Center was a small, community-based organization in Massachusetts. It consisted of middle-class homemakers from the area who needed such an organization in light of the changing role of housewives after World War I. Originally, the Center was an educational organization hosting courses on cooking and household management, and offered consulting sessions once a week with a home economist. During World War II, members assisted with the war effort through home economy projects. By 1947, the Center's goal was to help its members adjust to the often changing problems and expectations of home management. These records contain administrative records and bylaws, membership lists, correspondence, menus, recipes, and photographs.
• Laura Oakes Cushman (1895-1988) Laura Oakes Cushman was a Home Economics educator. She taught domestic science at the Walter E. Fernald State School and later the Boston Cooking School. In 1941 she led a Mobile Canteen Cookery Course for the Massachusetts Women's Defense Corps. An instructor at Miss Farmer's School of Cookery in Boston, Cushman also taught at the New England School of Home Arts, the Household Nursing Association, and Framingham State College. This collection includes a memory book, photographs, yearbooks, and Cushman's diaries from 1918 to 1976, many of which detail her extensive travels with Alice Bradley, an acquaintance from Miss Farmer's School of Cookery. It also includes lesson plans, recipes, and other teaching materials from Miss Farmer's School of Cookery, the Boston Cooking School, and the Mobile Canteen Cookery course, among others, and recipes collected by Cushman including those of the Food Magician and his Boston radio series, World Rambles in Epicurean Cookery.
• Christine Frederick (1883-1970) Home economist, lecturer, and author, Frederick campaigned for more efficiency in the kitchen. She set up and directed the Applecroft Home Experiment Station on Long Island, wrote on household management and the role of women as consumers, was an editor for Ladies Home Journal and The American Weekly , and in the 1950s became an interior decorator. She and her husband, J. George Frederick, had helped found the Advertising Women of New York in 1912. The collection primarily contains photographs of Frederick's work at Applecroft Home Experiment Station, but also includes correspondence, speeches, pamphlets, and some documents and photographs pertaining to her personal life.
• Grace E. Frysinger (1885-1973) Grace E. Frysinger was a well-educated home economist who served as an instructor at the School of Domestic Science and Arts in Chicago, the director of the Home Economics Department at Bellmont College in Nashville, a food conservation lecturer in New York City, and the senior home economist at the Extension Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. This collection contains materials relevant to Frysinger's work re-educating rural women and the Rural Home Conference in Washington, D.C in 1934.
• Hattie A. Harlow Hattie A. Harlow was a seamstress and music teacher from Brockton and Bridgewater, Massachusetts. This collection consists of hand-sewn scrapbooks containing manuscript instructions in knitting, lacemaking, gardening, cooking, personal care, and various household remedies. Also included are clippings, reading lists, physiological drawings, rules for business, phrenological diagrams, and other examples of self-instruction; and one flyer advertising her services.
• Home Economists in Business Home Economists in Business, a section of the American Home Economics Association, had its beginnings in 1921 when a small group of women announced their desire to have a section of the organization devoted to business interests. It was founded in 1924. Members of the HEIB were employed by food and textile manufacturers, utility companies, and women's magazines, where they facilitated communication between producers and women consumers. The HEIB also evaluated and made recommendations for home economics curricula at American colleges and universities. The archival records contain history and administrative information, records of the governing boards of the HEIB, financial information, photographs, and audiovisual material related to the history, objectives, and future of the HEIB. The Schlesinger Library holds a significant amount of published material related to the HEIB, such as The News Letter about All of Us , Timely Topics , National News Notes , and Communique .
• Marjorie Child Husted Marjorie Child Husted was an advertising executive, home economist, and director of the Home Service Department of General Mills, Inc. She planned and implemented the "Betty Crocker" radio program for twenty years, beginning in 1926. The collection contains biographical material, typescripts of six speeches, and pamphlets regarding women in business.
• Institute of Women's Professional Relations The Institute of Women's Professional Relations was established in 1928 in New London, Connecticut, to raise the level and number of women in professional positions. The bulk of this collection consists of studies and interviews on chemistry, banking dietetics, and home economics, and studies and reports carried out in cooperation with Works Progress Administration project 2132 and the League Women Voters, on Connecticut and Rhode Island state governments.
• Betty Hosmer Mawardi (1921-2012) Betty Hosmer Mawardi was an alumnae of Radcliffe College, Harvard Graduate School, and Wellesley College. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Radcliffe College in 1959. Throughout her life, Mawardi worked in academia, taking jobs at Wellesley College, Harvard University, and Case Western Reserve University. This collection consists of a notebook, probably from her home economics class at Horace Mann School, containing recipes, lists of utensils, layout of a table setting, etc. It also contains a notebook containing recipes clipped from magazines, and typed notes from an undated lecture concerning her travels in Egypt.
• Emily Sibley (1888-1979) Emily Sibley grew up in Cambridge Massachusetts. She attended Radcliffe College and later Simmons College, where she was educated in home economics. She went on to teach home economics at many different institutions, eventually settling into a part-time position teaching home economics at the Choate School in Brookline, Massachusetts. This collection contains family accounts and recipes, lectures on home economics, and lecture notes on cookery, budgeting, diet, nutrition, and dressmaking. Several recipes from this collection have been digitized and are available online through the finding aid for the Papers of Emily Sibley .
• Evelyn Lorraine Schmitt Wallace (1923-1981) Evelyn Schmitt Wallace was a homemaker and teacher from Stratford, Connecticut. She married David Wallace in 1954, and they had three children together. She stayed at home with them until 1973 when she began teaching English at Prospect Hall in Frederick, Maryland. This collection consists of diaries, notebooks, correspondence, and household account books detailing her daily activities, menus, housekeeping chores, and finances. Her diaries become more personal and reflective in her later years, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer and the illness began to progress.
• Sally Joy White (1852?-1909) The first woman journalist in Boston, White used the pseudonym Penelope Penfeather. As special reporter for the Boston Post in 1870, she covered women suffrage conventions and related activities. She continued to report on women's rights activities and local news and advised on fashion and household problems for the Boston Herald until shortly before her death. This collection includes family correspondence, letters White received from notable persons, volumes of clippings of her newspaper articles and columns, photographs, a biographical essay on White by her granddaughter, and papers of her daughter Grace Elinor Joy (White) Pratt. Additional related material can be found in the Additional Papers of Sallie Joy White .
• Beatrice Jeanette Whiting (1890-1966) Beatrice Jeanette Whiting grew up in Richmond, Virginia and spent her life as a primary and secondary school teacher. She taught home economics at the all-black Armstrong High School in Richmond, Virginia, and eventually earned a four-year college degree. After Whiting retired in 1960, she received an award from the Old Dominion Vocational Association for her many years of faithful service in the public schools of Richmond, Virginia. She never married. This collection consists of a volume of sewing exercises dating to about 1915 with instructions and samples completed by Whiting. Also included is a volume of congratulatory messages presented to Whiting by the faculty of Armstrong High School upon her retirement in 1960.
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Background: The research seeks to examine male students' attitude toward Home Economics Education in the college by covering their perception about external influence on Home Economics as a course of study. Materials and methods: Quantitative survey approach was employed in the study and questionnaire was used to collect data for the research. The study randomly selected 346 male students from 7 colleges purposefully in one of the college zones. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics was use to analyses the data collected. Results: The result elicited that the male students disagree that external influence such as parent does not influence their attitude towards the study of Home Economics. The study further disputes the assertion that male students have negative perception on the study of Home Economics. The result again shows that, there is a positive moderate relationship between external factors and male students' perception on Home Economics. Conclusion: The study concludes that one of the factors militating against male students from pursuing home economics is gender biased perspectives developed through socio-cultural conditioning that Home Economics education is for females only.

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Citation: Shani Osman (2021). Preservice Teachers‟ Perception of Gender Stereotype Beliefs and Practices at Tumu College of Education, Ghana. J Adv Educ Philos, 5(11): 340-349. 340 Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy

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A descriptive survey approach was used in this study to investigate preservice teachers' gender-stereotyped beliefs and perceptions of gender-stereotyped classroom practices. Participants included 422 preservice teachers (196 males and 125 females) from Tumu College of Education in Ghana. The participants were chosen using a convenience sampling technique. The Teacher's Gender Stereotype Questionnaire, adapted from Ifegbesan (2010), was completed online by participants. To answer the questions asked, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. According to the findings of the study, pre-service teachers have positive gender stereotypes beliefs, and perceptions of gender-stereotyped classroom behaviors. There were also significant differences in gender-stereotype beliefs among pre-service teachers based on sex, age, and academic level. Correlation analyses demonstrate significant relationships among age, sex and academic level, and gender-stereotyped belief. Multiple regression analysis found that gender, academic level, and age are all predictors of perceptions of gender stereotype beliefs. The study's implication is the need of educating pre-service teachers about gender stereotypes. There is also a need for gender-sensitive knowledge and pedagogies to be integrated into teacher education curricula.

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RAMON ADISA JOLAOSHO

This research was carried out in order to identify the perceived factors responsible for Economics students' poor performances in Mathematics for Economics in two states colleges of education. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 1,075 NCEII & III students in all the 5 colleges of education in Oyo and Osun state, Nigeria. The sample size was 293 using Yaro Yamane formula and the sample technique used was multistage. The instrument for the study was a structured questionnaire of 11 items. Using cronbash alpha the reliability coefficient of 0.96 was obtained on the questionnaire instrument. The four research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using T-test for Ho 1 and Ho 2 while Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for Ho 3. From the results of the findings, it was discovered that, the perceived factors responsible for Economics students` poor performances in Mathematics for Economics were all the 11 items available on research question 1 table. The study also finds out no significant difference in the response rating of students based on their gender, age and level. Finally, some recommendations were made.

In many countries, integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) into education has been a major concern. Researches have shown that the integration of ICT in teaching and learning have several advantages.The thrust of this paper is to investigate science teachers' perception with regards to the use of computer tools and its software packages in the classroom by looking at the four distinct factors: competence, gender, age, and location that may have effect on teachers' perceptions regarding ICT. The study adopted a multi-stage cluster sampling method for choosing the sample. The research was guided by five research questions.For the investigation, six hypotheses were also proposed.The study's participants were 1638 science teachers from public secondary schools in Anambra State.The study's sample included 322 science teachers from the country's six educational zones of Anambra state.In addition, the researchers created twenty-three (23) questionnaire items for data collection. Internal consistency of the instruments was determined using the Cronbach Alpha analysis, which provided internal consistency coefficients of 0.81 and 0.86, respectively, using the Social Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0.. The quantitative data collected were analyzed using descriptive mean; and the decision rule adopted in the analysis was to determine the mean value to be accepted based on the modified four-point Likert-Scale as a criterion mean or cutoff point of 2.5. Similarly, the hypotheses postulated were tested using ANOVAat 0.05 level of significance; and using Chi-square statistical measure to determine the relationship between variables in the study. The result showed that with the availability of computer technology resources in their various schools, science teachers have positive attitude towards computer integration in teaching. Yet, they lack competence in integrating computer technology into the teaching of science subjects. Furthermore, findings revealed that the teacher's competence and attitude towards ICT or computer integration in teaching science subjects in secondary school do not differ regarding gender, age and location. It is hoped or recommended that enlightenment campaign, workshops and seminars be organized and made compulsory for teachers by the Education Authorities: Federal, and State ministries of education, Institutes and Colleges of Education to create the awareness of the efficacy of computer integration in teaching science subjects in secondary school and then sensitize the adoption of the computer integration in their various schools and government should endeavor to include all schools in their ongoing school net programme.

The negative cultural tendencies have accentuated the expanding interest for the services of professional counsellors to give exhaustive guidance and counselling services in institutions to effectually address the requirements of students. Many studies, as a direct empirical investigation of the prevalence and patronage of guidance and counselling services in tertiary institutions in the Ghanaian settings is hard to find. In order to fill this gap andbring further illumination to the topic, this empirical study has become necessary. The purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence and patronage of guidance and counselling services at Kumasi Technical University. The survey research approach with a quantitative research study to data collection was adopted for the study. The total population for the study was ten thousand four hundred and sixty-five (10,465).The sample size for the study was 97 which was selected using non-probability sampling method and purposive sampling technique. The researcher used a questionnaire to gather information from the respondents. The study concluded that most of the staff in the guidance and counselling unit of the Technical University are females and students who seek guidance and counselling services in the Technical Universities rather prefer to consult males but not females. The study found that students do not seek guidance and counselling services due to fear, lack of trust and confidence in the counsellors. The study recommends that management conduct reorientation programmes and students education and awareness campaigns to change the prevailing negative perception regarding guidance and counselling in the school and usher in a new period of trust for school counsellors, to enable the guidance and counselling unit become as effective as it was thought out to be.

The study investigated Home Science and Management students' attitude towards entrepreneurship in Colleges of Education in Kogi state. The study was guided by two specific objectives. Two research questions were raised and answered by the study. Also, two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study is 162 students in the State and Federal Colleges of Education in Kogi state. The sample size of the study is 162 students. This consists of 69 male and 93 female students. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled "Attitude of Home Science and Management Students towards Entrepreneurship Questionnaire (AHSMSEQ)". The questionnaire contains 20 items and was structured using the continuum of Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD). The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha method. The instrument yielded a reliability coefficient 0.77. Data collected for the study were analyzed using Mean, Standard Deviation and Independent t-test. The finding of the study revealed that both male and female Home Science and Management students have positive attitude towards Entrepreneurship. Also, the finding of the study revealed that both Home Science and Management students in State and Federal Colleges of Education have positive attitude towards Entrepreneurship. The study recommended that that entrepreneurship education should be given much priority so as to enhance students' attitude towards it.

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Doctoral graduate combines economics with health policy to advance health equity

April 29, 2024  | Erin Bluvas,  [email protected]

“My journey in public health began with a deep-rooted interest in health equity,” says Dakshu Jindal , who graduates in May with a Ph.D. in Health Services Policy and Management (HSPM). “This was driven by my upbringing in India, where I witnessed stark disparities in health care access.”

Jindal studied economics at the University of Delhi (bachelor’s) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (master’s). During her graduate program, she began consulting for India’s National Health Systems Resource Center at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Her three years at the center exposed Jindal to health policy, including the nuances of financing health in a complex nation like India. She also began to realize how improvements in policy can positively impact health systems and communities. An internship in the Philippines through the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced her to financing and policy in a global setting. Together, these experiences cemented Jindal’s commitment to completing a doctoral degree in the field.

“USC offered an incredibly unique program in health services policy and management ,” she says. “The department had diverse faculty and an inclination toward use of economics to conduct health services research. I strongly felt that I could leverage my academic background in economics and interest in public health to succeed in the program.”

At the Arnold School, Jindal gained research experience as a graduate assistant on projects within her department and at the Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA). She found mentors in her dissertation co-chairs, Brian Chen and John Brooks , as well as CCHA executive director Julie Smithwick .

“Dr. Chen always motivated me to perform my best and expect more from my work, and Dr. Brooks always stressed the importance of the implications of my study results, which pushed me to be a better health services researcher,” says the Norman J. Arnold Fellow, who received guidance and support from Nicole Hair and Adam Lutz as well. “I have worked with Ms. Smithwick for five years, conducting research on the implementation and effectiveness of community health workers programs, and she has been a great mentor.”   

The department had diverse faculty and an inclination toward use of economics to conduct health services research. I strongly felt that I could leverage my academic background in economics and interest in public health to succeed in the program.

Outside of the Arnold School, Jindal was selected into USC’s Preparing Future Faculty Program and received a SPARC grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research to support her dissertation research into how state laws influence access to physical therapy among Medicare patients. Her dozen or so publications cover various topics, but the theme of her research is how different laws, policies or programs impact health outcomes.

“I aim to leverage my expertise in health economics to explore research studies that improve health care outcomes and access,” Jindal says of her next steps. “By collaborating with stakeholders across sectors, I want to contribute meaningfully to the field of public health and advance health equity for all.”

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