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Home economics

Index Home economics

Home economics, domestic science or home science is a field of study that deals with home and economics. [1]

62 relations: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Association for Career and Technical Education, Brigham Young University, Bureau of Home Economics (US), Catharine Beecher, Central Board of Secondary Education, Chemistry, Clothing, Community, Community service, Consumer economics, Consumerism, Continuing education, Cornell University College of Human Ecology, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, Developmental psychology, Domestic technology, Education, Ellen Swallow Richards, Euthenics, Ewha Womans University, Family economics, Food, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Health, Home, Home economics, Homemaking, Hospitality, Household, Human ecology, Illinois, India, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education, Interdisciplinarity, Iowa, Iowa State University, Kansas, Martha Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Melvil Dewey, Michigan, Minnesota, Morrill Land-Grant Acts, National Institute of Open Schooling, Nebraska, Nutrition, Paint thinner, Primary education, ..., Reifenstein schools, Rubbing alcohol, Secondary education, Seoul, Smith–Hughes Act, Smith–Lever Act of 1914, Textile, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States Department of Agriculture, Volunteering, World's Columbian Exposition. Expand index (12 more) »

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) is an American professional association that networks professionals in the area of family and consumer science.

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Association for Career and Technical Education

The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), is the largest national education association in the United States dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.

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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private, non-profit research university in Provo, Utah, United States completely owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church) and run under the auspices of its Church Educational System.

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Bureau of Home Economics (US)

The Bureau of Home Economics was a division of the US Department of Agriculture that supported homemaker activities in the early 20th century.

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Catharine Beecher

Catharine Esther Beecher (September 6, 1800 – May 12, 1878) was an American educator known for her forthright opinions on female education as well as her vehement support of the many benefits of the incorporation of kindergarten into children's education.

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Central Board of Secondary Education

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by Union Government of India.

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Chemistry

Chemistry is the scientific discipline involved with compounds composed of atoms, i.e. elements, and molecules, i.e. combinations of atoms: their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they undergo during a reaction with other compounds.

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes and attire) is a collective term for garments, items worn on the body.

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Community

A community is a small or large social unit (a group of living things) that has something in common, such as norms, religion, values, or identity.

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Community service

Community service is a non-paying job performed by one person or a group of people for the benefit of the community or its institutions.

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Consumer economics

Consumer economics is a branch of economics.

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Consumerism

Consumerism is a social and economic order and ideology that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.

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Continuing education

Continuing education (similar to further education in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is an all-encompassing term within a broad list of post-secondary learning activities and programs.

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Cornell University College of Human Ecology

The Cornell University College of Human Ecology (HumEc) is a statutory college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system located on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York.

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Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is a privately-held national level board of school education in India that conducts the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education and the Indian School Certificate examinations for Class X and Class XII respectively.

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Developmental psychology

Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life.

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Domestic technology

Domestic technology is the incorporation of applied science into the home.

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Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.

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Ellen Swallow Richards

Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911) was an industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the United States during the 19th century.

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Euthenics

Euthenics is the study of the improvement of human functioning and well-being by improvement of living conditions.

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Ewha Womans University

Ewha Womans University is a private women's university in Seoul, South Korea founded in 1886 by Mary F. Scranton under Emperor Gojong.

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Family economics

Family economics applies basic economic concepts such as production, division of labor, distribution, and decision making to the study of the family.

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Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism.

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General Certificate of Secondary Education

The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification, generally taken in a number of subjects by pupils in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author.

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Health

Health is the ability of a biological system to acquire, convert, allocate, distribute, and utilize energy with maximum efficiency.

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Home

A home, or domicile, is a dwelling-place used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for an individual, family, household or several families in a tribe.

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Home economics

Home economics, domestic science or home science is a field of study that deals with home and economics.

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Homemaking

Homemaking is a mainly American term for the management of a home, otherwise known as housework, housekeeping, or household management.

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Hospitality

Hospitality refers to the relationship between a guest and a host, wherein the host receives the guest with goodwill, including the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.

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Household

A household consists of one or more people who live in the same dwelling and also share meals or living accommodation, and may consist of a single family or some other grouping of people.

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Human ecology

Human ecology is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study of the relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built environments.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination, a private board of school education in India.

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Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combining of two or more academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project).

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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Iowa State University

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, generally referred to as Iowa State, is a public flagship land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States.

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Kansas

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.

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Martha Stewart

Martha Helen Stewart (née Kostyra; born August 3, 1941) is an American businesswoman, writer, and television personality.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Melvil Dewey

Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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Morrill Land-Grant Acts

The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds of federal land sales.

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National Institute of Open Schooling

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), formerly National Open School, (name changed in 2002) is the board of education under the Union Government of India.

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Nebraska

Nebraska is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States.

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Nutrition

Nutrition is the science that interprets the interaction of nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism.

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Paint thinner

A paint thinner is a solvent used to thin oil-based paints or clean up after their use.

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Primary education

Primary education and elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool and before secondary education (The first two grades of primary school, Grades 1 and 2, are also part of early childhood education).

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Reifenstein schools

The Reifenstein schools (Reifensteiner Schulen) were the various schools of higher education for women associated with the Reifensteiner Verband.

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Rubbing alcohol

Rubbing alcohol refers to either isopropyl alcohol (propan-2-ol) or ethanol based liquids, or the comparable British Pharmacopoeia defined surgical spirit, with isopropyl alcohol products being the most widely available.

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Secondary education

Secondary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale.

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Seoul

Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.

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Smith–Hughes Act

The Smith–Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917 was an act of the United States Congress that promoted vocational education in "agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking", and provided federal funds for this purpose.

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Smith–Lever Act of 1914

The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to the land-grant universities, in order to inform people about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues (National Sea Grant College Program), and many other related subjects.

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Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, and food.

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Volunteering

Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial or social gain "to benefit another person, group or organization".

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World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_economics

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