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Preprofessionals' Perceptions of Home Economics

Author(s) -

LeBleu Lisa C.,

Smith Frances M.

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

home economics research journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 1552-3934

pISSN - 0046-7774

DOI - 10.1177/0046777494224004

Subject(s) - family and consumer science , perspective (graphical) , perception , relevance (law) , sample (material) , work (physics) , psychology , sociology , medical education , social psychology , gerontology , medicine , political science , mathematics education , mechanical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , engineering

The major purpose of this study was to describe undergraduate students' experiences and perceptions of home economics and to work with students to produce a description of those experiences and their relevance to an integrative home economics perspective. Data were gathered through semistructured individual interviews with a purposive sample of 14 seniors in a college of home economics at a large midwestern university. Findings indicated that students' perceptions of home economics ranged from female gender role expectations in early childhood to a currently functioning integrative perspective.

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