The Role of Home Economics Education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The increasing rate of poverty, unemployment and retrenchment and so many other social problems is worrisome. However, unemployment is not peculiar to Nigeria alone but to other third world countries. This paper examined the objectives of Home Economics education as it is geared towards improving the standard of living. It looked at self-reliance, poverty Eradication through Home Economics Education, and the role of entrepreneurship in economic development. It also examined Home Economics income generating business ventures in the major areas of Home Economics for employment and wealth creation for sustainability. The paper concluded and recommended, among others things, that entrepreneurship education be made compulsory at all levels of education and soft loans be made available to graduate for business set up. Keywords: Self-Reliance, Poverty Eradication, Entrepreneurship, National Development

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Addressing Poverty in Ghana: The Role of Home Economics Education

African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences ◽

10.4314/ajesms.v3i1.38601 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

AE Arkhurst

Keyword(s):

Home Economics ◽

Economics Education ◽

Home Economics Education

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The Role of Home Economics Education in the 21st Century: The Covid-19 Pandemic as a Disruptor, Accelerator, and Future Shaper

Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal ◽

10.26529/cepsj.1205 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 13-32

Author(s):

Donna Pendergast

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Textual Analysis ◽

Well Being ◽

Home Economics ◽

Economics Education ◽

Food Literacy ◽

Priority Areas ◽

Individual Family ◽

Home Economics Education

This paper explores the role of home economics education in the 21st century. It commences with an explanation of the disruption to the five predicted future global megatrends – globalisation, urbanisation, digitisation, cybersecurity, sustainability – as a consequence of the global Covid-19 pandemic. The place of megatrends framing home economics is explored by presenting a textual analysis of a literacy publication created as an acceleration point for framing the next one hundred years of home economics and underpinned by global megatrends, published prior to the pandemic. Using the Voyant Tool, visualisations of the book Creating Home Economics Futures: The Next 100 Years are presented and compared to other key literary documents informing the field. The paper then turns to the ways in which education and learning have led to the repositioning of home economics as a field and home economics literacy as the key strategy for ensuring the field continues to remain relevant into the future. Priority areas for education include food literacy; individual, family and community well-being; and the reconstitution of the place of the home.

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