Home economics: The next 100 years

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Pendergast, Donna
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2010
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Now that the centennial celebrations are over home economics - more than any time in its rocky history - is at a cross roads. The current times of the knowledge economy with unprecedented societal change, innovation and a socially aware community demanding sustainability, ethical and socially just policy and practice, is both opportunistic and threatening to the profession. We cannot afford to bask in the glory of having survived 100 years as a profession. This presentation will offer ideas for thinking about possible futures for home economics.Now that the centennial celebrations are over home economics - more than any time in its rocky history - is at a cross roads. The current times of the knowledge economy with unprecedented societal change, innovation and a socially aware community demanding sustainability, ethical and socially just policy and practice, is both opportunistic and threatening to the profession. We cannot afford to bask in the glory of having survived 100 years as a profession. This presentation will offer ideas for thinking about possible futures for home economics.
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Journal Title
Victorian Journal of Home Economics
Volume
49
Issue
2
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© 2010 Home Economics Victoria. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Education not elsewhere classified