Innovative Pedagogies for Family and Consumer Science⁄Home Economics Education—Utilizing Computer-Based Collaborative Learning to Foster Lifelong Learning Attributes

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Author(s)
Ma, A
Pendergast, D
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2010
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As we near the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the development in students of the attributes of lifelong learning is recognized internationally as a common goal of education systems. The field of Family and Consumer Science-in some parts of the world known by other names including Home Economics-is no exception to this trend. The use of Information and Computer Technologies as a medium to achieve this goal is an important consideration in this context, particularly given their proliferation and the trend toward pedagogical reform incorporating recent innovations relying on their use.As we near the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the development in students of the attributes of lifelong learning is recognized internationally as a common goal of education systems. The field of Family and Consumer Science-in some parts of the world known by other names including Home Economics-is no exception to this trend. The use of Information and Computer Technologies as a medium to achieve this goal is an important consideration in this context, particularly given their proliferation and the trend toward pedagogical reform incorporating recent innovations relying on their use.
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Journal Title
Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal
Volume
38
Issue
3
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© 2010 American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Education not elsewhere classified
Applied Economics
Marketing
Sociology