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HOME ECONOMICS—THE FUTURE *
Author(s) -
MATHIESON A. R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1979.tb00562.x
Subject(s) - family and consumer science , subject (documents) , relation (database) , subject matter , economics education , term (time) , economics , positive economics , sociology , economic growth , psychology , higher education , mathematics education , library science , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , database , curriculum
The future development of the subject matter of home economics, and of the professional activities of home economists, are considered in relation to current developments in the educational system, to discernible trends in lifestyles and to long‐term changes in the structure of society. The effects on the subject of the move of the home economics colleges into the universities and polytechnics, the nature of the careers followed by home economists, and of international contacts are also examined.