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Home Economics, Domestic science or home science
is a field of study that deals with 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.
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
family/child care tasks.
6. Catherine Beecher
➝One of the first to champion
the Economics of running a
home.
➝ Argue for the importance of
domestic life and sought to
apply scientific principles to
childbearing, cooking and
housekeeping.
➝ Treaties on Domestic
Economy for the Use of Young
Ladies at Home.
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7. Harriet Beecher Stowe
➝was an American abolitionist
and author. She came from the
Beecher family, a famous
religious family, and is best
known for her novel Uncle
Tom's Cabin
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Catherine and Harriet both were leaders in mid-19th
century North America in talking about domestic
science. They came from a very religious family that
valued education especially for women.
9. The Morrill Act of
1862
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➝Propelled domestic
science further ahead as
land grant colleges
sought to educate farm
wives in running their
households as their
husbands were being
educated in agricultural
methods and processes.
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➝In the last decades of
the nineteenth century,
the land-grant schools,
along with a few private
institutions , established
courses of instruction in
what was generally called
“domestic Science”
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12. which gave birth
to the home
economics
movement in 1889
Lake Placid Conferences
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13. Ellen Swallow Richards
1842-1911
Who was the first woman to
attend Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and later became
the first female instructor.
She started Home Economics
Movement.
She focus on applying scientific
principles to domestic situations.
14. ➝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 in 1911 in Toronto
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Oekology or the science of right living.
Euthenics, the science of controllable
environment
“Home economics" was ultimately chosen as the
official term in 1899.
Richards wanted to call this…
18. Beginning in 1899
➝Richard, along with Melvin Dewey
and other educators and activists,
organized a series of annual
gatherings that became known as
the Lake Placid Conferences.
➝these educators worked tirelessly
to elevate the discipline, which was
to become home economics, to a
legitimate profession.
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19. 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
22. American methods of instruction
were ensured by bringing in
hundreds of American teachers
called Thomasites in 1901
Vocational training in
housekeeping and household arts
was made an important element of
girls’ education in the Philippines
23. Elvessa Ann Stewart
A graduate of the University
of Nebraska, she went to the
Philippines as a teacher in
1913.
Superintendent of Home
Economics in the Bureau of
Education in Manila in 1929.
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24. For 20 years,
Domestic training had
flourished in Filipino
Schools starting with
“ Sewing, cooking and
housekeeping.”
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25. 1920
➝Girls in grade 5 to 7 were required to devote
80 minutes a day to home economics
activities which included:
Cooking
Sewing
Housekeeping
Sanitation
Home Nursing
Infant Care
Food Selection
Embroidery
Lacemaking
26. During 1941…
Every secondary girl was required to have at least
one year of home economics before graduation.
Required subjects included nutrition and child care.
Teachers of Intermediate Home Economics were
required to be graduates of the Philippine Normal
School or the equivalent,which required 3 years of
study beyond secondary level
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Professionals continue to practice in many
venues including secondary teaching,
college and university teaching and research
and outreach through cooperative extension
programs.
K to 12 Program
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Home economics as science?
It follows certain process. Like in cooking we used scientific processes, fermentation, risen of dough, taste
She conducted a class to discuss certain experiences in domestic science/ chores at home. And how it influence individuals and families
Continue learning home economics, there are people na hindi marunong sa bahay, all the learnings it starts at home, life skills was taught in home economics
