An interdisciplinary effort of scholars from history, women's studies, and family and consumer sciences, Remaking Home Economics covers the field's history of opening career opportunities for women and responding to domestic and social issues. Calls to "bring back home economics" miss the point that it never went away, say Sharon Y. Nickols and Gwen Kay--home economics has been remaking itself, in study and practice, for more than a century. These new essays, relevant for a variety of fields--history, women's studies, STEM, and family and consumer sciences itself--take both current and historical perspectives on defining issues including home economics philosophy, social responsibility, and public outreach; food and clothing; gender and race in career settings; and challenges to the field's identity and continuity. Home economics history offers a rich case study for exploring common ground between the broader culture and this highly gendered profession. This volume describes the resourcefulness of past scholars and professionals who negotiated with cultural and institutional constraints to produce their work, as well as the innovations of contemporary practitioners who continue to change the profession, including its name and identity. The widespread urge to reclaim domestic skills, along with a continual need for fresh ways to address obesity, elder abuse, household debt, and other national problems affirms the field's vitality and relevance. This volume will foster dialogue both inside and outside the academy about the changes that have remade (and are remaking) family and consumer sciences.

The new edition of Home Economics in Action has been extensively revised and updated to take account of recent curriculum developments throughout the Caribbean region.This three-book course provides a firm foundation in Home Economics to all lower second

This paper provides a survey of the field of technology in home economics. Part 1 previews the many available definitions of technology and attempts to synthesize what technology is. Five defining attributes of technology are identified, providing a structure for the subsequent discussion. Part 2 elaborates on the nature of home economics as currently taught in Scottish secondary schools. Part 3 explores how technology as it is here interpreted might, in general terms, be integrated into home economics courses without damaging the subject's integrity. Part 4 is essentially a compendium of examples of technology in home economics and collects information from journal articles and other published sources, from work proceeding in Scottish education authorities, and from a number of initiatives and projects underway in England and Wales. Part 5 considers briefly the implications for the individual home economics teachers, for the profession as a whole, and for education authorities and other bodies of placing home economics in the technological activities and applications mode. Appendixes provide detailed information on definitions of both technology and home economics, the aims and objectives of courses in the latter, some suggestions for teachers, and a five-page bibliography. (YLB)