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An evolving historical paradigm: from ‘home economics' to ‘family and consumer sciences’ 1
Author(s) -
DARLING CAROL ANDERSON
Publication year - 1995
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.1470-6431.1995.tb00558.x
Subject(s) - family and consumer science , perspective (graphical) , identity (music) , class (philosophy) , sociology , resource (disambiguation) , public relations , reflection (computer programming) , psychology , epistemology , political science , computer science , aesthetics , mathematics education , computer network , philosophy , artificial intelligence , programming language
With the professional name change in the United States of ‘home economics' to ‘family and consumer sciences’, the purpose of this paper is to facilitate communicating an understanding of our profession to our students. This paper focuses on an historical perspective depicting a progression of conceptualizations about the profession. Four developmental models are presented to provide a system of organization that will help students develop their professional identity. This paper is a reflection of an individual journey to gain a personal‐professional identity. The sharing of this pilgrimage and the visual models that have been developed to enhance its communication have become a valuable resource and meaningful part of an undergraduate core class that provides students with the initiative to begin their own professional clarifications.