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Closing the gap : identifying issues in Family Studies teacher education in Ontario and providing a beginning solution O’Shea, Mary Elizabeth Diane

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Home Economics education has managed to survive in Ontario despite a long and rough journey. The subject area is now called Family Studies. It is listed under the Social Sciences and Humanities curriculum. Name changes resulting from the dismantling of university programs in Home Economics have led to problems in teacher education and subsequently to the teaching qualifications. Despite the demise there are public calls for Home Economics related knowledge and skills, particularly in food literacy. This paper examines Home Economics education in Ontario and culminates with a new resource guide to support beginning teachers who are teaching in food-related courses.

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Closing the gap : identifying issues in Family Studies teacher education in Ontario and providing a beginning solution
Creator
O’Shea, Mary Elizabeth Diane
Date Issued
2014-04-15
Description
Home Economics education has managed to survive in Ontario despite a long and rough journey. The subject area is now called Family Studies. It is listed under the Social Sciences and Humanities curriculum. Name changes resulting from the dismantling of university programs in Home Economics have led to problems in teacher education and subsequently to the teaching qualifications. Despite the demise there are public calls for Home Economics related knowledge and skills, particularly in food literacy. This paper examines Home Economics education in Ontario and culminates with a new resource guide to support beginning teachers who are teaching in food-related courses.
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Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. EDCP 590
Date Available
2023-11-16
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0437752
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86596
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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