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A. The Concept of Home Economics

This document provides an overview of home economics literacy and the concept of home economics. It discusses the importance of home economics for families, including teaching skills like cooking, childcare, and coping with health issues. The document also outlines the content of home economics courses, different areas of home economics, factors that affect learning, and the process of home management. Home management is defined and the four steps of the management process are described. Finally, the document discusses types of household management and management of family income.

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A. The Concept of Home Economics

This document provides an overview of home economics literacy and the concept of home economics. It discusses the importance of home economics for families, including teaching skills like cooking, childcare, and coping with health issues. The document also outlines the content of home economics courses, different areas of home economics, factors that affect learning, and the process of home management. Home management is defined and the four steps of the management process are described. Finally, the document discusses types of household management and management of family income.

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Module 2

Home Economics literacy is defined as the amalgam of multiple literacies including food,
health, financial, consumer and environmental literacy. ... It will give an overview of recent
developments in Home Economics curriculum and provision at different levels of schooling and
within the community.

A. The Concept of Home Economics 


This is the art and science of home management. a college curriculum usually including studies
in nutrition, the purchase, preparation, and service of food, interior design, clothing and textiles,
child development, family relationships, and household economics.

Importance of Home Economics to the Family

It teaches the family how to plan, cook, serve and eat good food. ... Home Economics helps to
train family members in child care. It also teaches them how to cope with some of the health
and social problems such as poor diet, delinquency and drug abuse.

Home economics aims to develop students' knowledge, attitudes, understanding,


skills and values to achieve optimal, healthy and sustainable living for every person
as an individual, and as a member of families and society.

The content of home economics courses vary, but may include: food, nutrition, and
health; personal finance; family resource management and planning; textiles and
clothing; shelter and housing; consumerism and consumer science; household
management; design and technology; food science and hospitality; human
development ...

Different areas/branches of Home Economics.


A. Food. Nutrition. Food Preparation and Management.
B. Clothing and Textile.
C. Home Management.

7 Important Factors that May Affect the Learning Process

 Intellectual factor: The term refers to the individual mental level. ...
 Learning factors: ...
 Physical factors: ...
 Mental factors: ...
 Emotional and social factors: ...
 Teacher's Personality: ...
 Environmental factor:
B. The Process of Home Management

Home management is the process of effectively running a household.

According to Nickel and Dorsey, “Home management is planning, controlling and


evaluating the use of resources of the family for the purpose of attaining family goals.”

This can be represented as follows:

According to R.P. Devdas, “Home management is making the best use of what you
have to get what you want.” What you have” means the resources available in the family
and “What you want to get” meaning to goals or aims of the family. All the resources
(Both human and non-human) which are available for a particular family must be utilized
properly in order to achieve the family goals.

In Home Economics, Home Management is define as the discipline incorporates both


creative and technical aspects into its teachings.

Home management is the vital factor in every family contributing to the overall health,
happiness and wellbeing of the family. Management today is an important factor in
every sphere of activity. The concept of management deals with achieving desired goals
through planned activity. It is an essential component of family living. Home
management is the natural outcome of human relationship in the home environment.
When the family is established, management becomes one of the major responsibilities
of the family living.
Home management deals with the practical application of the principles of management
to the home. Home management is the administrative aspect of family living. The study
of Home management is intimately linked with values, standards and goals which give
meaning to the lives, thoughts, feelings and experiences of the members of the family.
These values, standards and goals which are closely related to each other, motivate the
family to make decisions, to achieve their desired goals.

Process of Management ( 4 Steps)

1. Planning
2. Organizing and assembling the resources
3. Controlling the work process
4. Evaluation
1. Planning:
Planning is the most important step in management process. Planning enables to find
out various ways of using the available resources to achieve the desired goals. Planning
is considered the key activity in the management process. It consists of a series of
decisions regarding various activities of the family, utilization of resources changing of
family demands to reach the goals.
2. Organizing:
All the plans made in a home each day need variety of activities and if these activities
are to be carried out effectively, some form of organization is essential. Organizing
consists of dividing and grouping of activities. Then they are assigned to all the
members.

According to G. Baker, there are three levels of organization:


1. One person is organizing a task. Sometimes this is called work simplification.
2. Another level is one person arranging his own efforts for the completion of
several tasks he needs to do, e.g. A mother employed outside her home is
likely to be organizing at this level.
3. In the third level the manager arrange the efforts of other who are doing the
work into a pattern. So that one or more tasks can be completed. Parents who
include their growing children in various homemaking tasks are organizing at
this level.

3. Controlling:

For successful implementation of the plan, certain amount of control is essential.


Controlling involves a careful observation of performance. The Planners must be aware
of short-comings in the plan. Regular checks make the plan more easy to carry out.

4. Evaluation:

The final step of management process is evaluation. It looks towards both the process
of management and the results. Evaluation helps in judging the success and
achievement of a plan of action. Its main purpose is to see what has been achieved as
a result of effective planning and controlling. This forms the guidelines and basis for
future planning. A considerable amount of evaluating is associated with controlling.

C.Types of Household Management

 Systems for chores.


 Time management methods.
 Creating new habits and routines.
 Meal preparation.
 Laundry workflow.
 Cleaning schedules.
 Financial organizing.
 Family communication strategies and systems.

D. Management of Family Income

Family Income - The primary income and receipts from other sources received by


all family members during the reference period, as participants in any economic activity
or as recipients of transfers, pensions, grants, interests, food and non-food items
received as gifts by the family.

Family Savings is the money set aside by the family for use in times of need. To
ensure that some money is saved, the expenditure must be less than the income. In
order to manage within your income, you need to plan the expenditure. This is known as
'managing income' and means spending wisely so that all your needs are met.

1. Types of Family Income


Household income covers:
i) income from employment (both paid and self-employment);
ii) property income;
iii) income from the production of household services for own
consumption;
iv) current transfers received (other than social transfers in kind);
and
v) social transfers in kind.

2. Family Budget

The Economic Policy Institute reports that family budgets for a modest standard of


living have seven components:
a. housing, e. Health Care
b. food, f. Clothing
c. child care, g. Entertainment
d. transportation,
Family Saving is the money set aside by the family for use in times of need. To
ensure that some money is saved, the expenditure must be less than
the income. In order to manage within your income, you need to plan the
expenditure. This is known as 'managing income' and means spending wisely
so that all your needs are met.

Here are seven steps to take to manage your money properly:

 Understand your current financial situation.


 Set personal priorities and finance goals.
 Create and stick to a budget.
 Establish an emergency fund.
 Save for retirement.
 Pay off debt.
 Schedule regular progress reports.

Activity 1.2

Answer the following questions using a short bond paper and submit this as a document
( Do not use a link) on February 24, 2021.

1. What is the purpose of teaching Technology and Home Economics to the


Elementary and Secondary students at this 21st century?

2. How can you relate the Home Management Process being mentioned here in
your readings to the Home Management done by your parents in your own
home? Can your declare that your family successfully implemented the Home
Management? State your reason.

3. Is your Family Income now enough for the seven components of the Family
Budget? If YES please explain.
If your Family Income is not enough for your Family budget, give your substantial
reason.

4. If you will be the Head of the Family, how are you going to manage it so that you
will have a happy and harmonious family?

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