IFHE Home Economics Education Document – a Global Curriculum Overview

Preamble

The Home Economics Education document frames the primary, secondary and tertiary (where possible) home economics curriculum worldwide.

The aim of this project is to provide IFHE members with an overview of home economics education throughout the globe so that members can view the curriculum of other countries for their own personal and professional interest.

It must be acknowledged that these documents are not official IFHE endorsements. It is also acknowledged that each document has been submitted in good faith by members of the Programme Committee who have significantly modified and abridged original documents to fit into the generic template designed and used by the contributing members for this project.

These modified documents have been based on original curriculum documents mandated for use in schools and circulated by assessment authorities in those countries.

Where applicable, contributing members have also sought copyright permission from the sources of the original material, on which the modified documents have been based.

In regards to specific documents please direct any questions or queries to the appropriate assessment authorities in those countries represented.

The content of these documents provides a rationale for the subject of home economics and the systematic way it is delivered in primary and secondary schools and in some countries, tertiary institutions.

Home economics educators can use the education documents as a reference point to make comparisons between each country’s curriculum. It is sometimes useful and valuable to know what is happening in other countries. This in itself is a powerful tool which can help to unite home economics educators worldwide in their quest for strengthening their subject and how it is delivered in schools.

Through this project, the ultimate aim of the Home Economics Policies in Education and Training Programme Committee is to provide a practical tool as the starting point on which to unite home economics educators worldwide. Our aim is to empower and to celebrate the work of home economics educators worldwide by helping them to enrich their programs and to strengthen their professional position in their schools and universities.

The current documents on the IFHE website show only those countries represented by contributing members of the Home Economics Policies in Education and Training Programme Committee. As this represents only a small number of countries, the members of the Programme Committee warmly invite other IFHE Home Economics Educators in all IFHE Regions to contribute their home economics curriculum (primary, secondary and tertiary, if applicable) so that a comprehensive overview is provided on the IFHE website.

If you are interested in finding out more information about the curriculum project or contributing your own country’s home economics curriculum, please email the Chair of the Home Economics Policies in Education and Training Programme Committee, Sandra FORDYCE-VOORHAM

sfordyce@mentoneggs.vic.edu.au