Nurturing an ecological perspective in PEI home economics education : a narrative self-study
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
data provider: DSpace
alternative: Ecological Perspective in Home Economics Ed
creator: McIntosh, Sarah Kathleen
issued: 2023-11-16T20:34:15Z
issued: 2017-03-18
description: There is a need for critical and ecological perspectives in education in order for educators to gain the capabilities to respond to the realities of climate change and the resulting calls for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and sustainability education. The topic of this graduating paper incorporates an ecological perspective in home economics. Eleanore Vaines (1990, 1997) proposes home economists strive towards a reflective professional practice grounded in an ecocentred philosophical orientation. An eco-centred home economics practitioner holds an ecological world view where “everything is related to everything in some way” and the teacher is a learner among learners “empowered to facilitate emancipatory action” (Vaines, 2004a, pp.142- 143). I have searched for ways to interweave the context of my practice with educational theory and work towards a pedagogy that supports the goal of developing of an ecological perspective in home economics. I present my search as narrative self-study where I share my journey of becoming a reflective home economics teacher. After reviewing the literature on an ecological perspective and outlining what it means in terms of curriculum and pedagogy, I critique my practice using three critical incidents to show how a weak understanding of a sense of place and controversial issues were an impediment to implementing ecological material effectively. I subsequently research these two aspects that are related to the implementation of an ecological perspective in more depth in order to make recommendations for home economics educators who might find themselves in a similar situation.
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note: Running head: ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE IN HOME EC ED Nurturing an Ecological Perspective in PEI Home Economics Education: A Narrative Self-Study by Sarah Kathleen McIntosh Costume Studies Diploma, Dalhousie University, 2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dalhousie University, 2005 Bachelor of Education, University of New Brunswick, 2006 A GRADUATING PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Master of Education in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Home Economics) The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) ©Sarah Kathleen McIntosh March 18, 2017 2 AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE IN HOME ECONOMICS ED Abstract There is a need for critical and ecological perspectives in education in order for educators to gain the capabilities to respond to the realities of climate change and the resulting calls for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and sustainability education. The topic of this graduating paper incorporates an ecological perspective in home economics. Eleanore Vaines (1990, 1997) proposes home economists strive towards a reflective professional practice grounded in an eco-centred philosophical orientation. An eco-centred home economics practitioner holds an ecological world view where “everything is related to everything in some way” and the teacher is a learner among learners “empowered to facilitate emancipatory action” (Vaines, 2004a, pp.142-143). I have searched for ways to interweave the context of my practice with educational theory and work towards a pedagogy that supports the goal of developing of an ecological perspective in home economics. I present my search as narrative self-study where I share my journey of becoming a reflective home economics teacher. After reviewing the literature on an ecological perspective and outlining what it means in terms of curriculum and pedagogy, I critique my practice using three critical incidents to show how a weak understanding of a sense of place and controversial issues were an impediment t…
has type: Graduating Project
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0437745
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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scholar level: Graduate
is part of: University of British Columbia. EDCP 590
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86589