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

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.

scholarly journals Vocational Home Economics Education: A Veritable Tool for Self Reliance, Poverty Eradication and Sustainable National Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-224
Author(s):  
Augustina Oladokun
Keyword(s):  
National Development ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Economics Education ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Home Economics Education ◽  
Set Up

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

scholarly journals Modern Aspects of Home Economics Education and Slovenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-62
Author(s):  
Martina Erjavšek
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Design And Technology ◽  
Economics Education ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Home Economics Education ◽  
The Individual

Home economics operates in the academic, curriculum and social realms, as well as in everyday life. Due to its multidisciplinarity, it includes and interconnects the contents of different disciplines (e.g., healthy lifestyle, nutrition, dietetics, textiles, home, family, consumption, personal and family economics, design and technology), which are considered in terms of meeting the needs of the individual, family, and society. Home economics education and literacy play an important role in acquiring knowledge and skills that help raise the quality of life of the individual, family, and society. With the development of society, the needs of both the individual and the family are changing; therefore, changes are also needed in home economics education, which is reflected in the updating of the subject curricula. The goals and contents in the curriculum must reflect and meet the needs of the current society and take into account the cultural dependence and social determinism of the home economics field. To a certain extent, the current curriculum of the subject home economics in Slovene elementary schools already includes some content areas that have been recognised as important for meeting the needs of society. These relate to healthy lifestyle, nutrition, health, textiles, consumption, economics, family, environment and sustainable development. Given the perceived needs of society, the use of household appliances, home contents, and first aid should be additionally included in home economics education in Slovenia, and students should be encouraged to develop social and communication skills. It is also necessary to consider the appropriate placement of the subject in the curriculum, as it is necessary to implement home economics education in the entire elementary school education. Doing so will enable the acquisition of knowledge and skills needed in society and, therefore, the appropriate level of home economics literacy of the individual.

scholarly journals Home Economics Education as Needed in the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Stojan Kostanjevec ◽  
Francka Lovšin Kozina
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Economics Education ◽  
Home Economics Education

Trust in Knowledge-Based Organizations

2005 ◽  
pp. 2892-2896
Author(s):  
Maija-Leena Huotari ◽  
Mirja Iivonen
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Positive Aspect ◽  
Knowledge Based

The knowledge-based society of the 21st century is characterized by knowledge generation as the primary source of wealth and social well-being. As partly intangible in nature, increased understanding of knowledge and information as a resource is critical (Sveiby, 1996; Teece, 1998). Such intangibles are gradually replacing traditional elements of power in states (Rosecrance, 1999), also emphasizing the role of trust in the positive aspect of economic globalization.

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