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  • Home economics: The next 100 years

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    Pendergast, Donna
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    Pendergast, Donna L.
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    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
    Publisher URI
    http://www.homeeconomics.com.au
    Copyright Statement
    © 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.
    Subject
    Education not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/39203
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