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What is Family and Consumer Sciences Education? |
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Often times Family and Consumer Sciences Education is referred to as "FACS" (pronounced 'facts').
Our Vision:
Family and consumer sciences education empowers individuals and families across the life span to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse, global society. Our unique focus is on families, work, and their interrelationships. (FASCE.org)
My goal is to give students the knowledge and skills they will need to be productive citizens who contribute to their families and communities. |
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What courses are offered at the high school? |
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Foods I
-offers learning experiences in food safety and sanitation, building a healthy diet, food preparation, and meal planning
- cooking units include grains, fats, dairy and eggs, fruits and vegetables, and baking
Foods II
- explores how to make bread, soups, salads and dressings, sauces, appetizers, and meat
- discusses food presentation, regional cooking, multicultural cooking, and vegetarian cooking
Individual and Family Relationships
- focuses on personal relationship development, communication skills, decision-making skills, understanding family dynamics and building strong families
Independent Living
- personal finance management skills are explored such as opening checking and savings accounts, managine credit, making major purchases, and managing a household budget
- students explore sound consumer skills, rights and responsibilities of consumers
Child Development I
- explores physical, social/emotional, and cognitive development from birth to preschool age
- explores the importance of families, child abuse awareness and prevention, and teen pregnancy
Child Development II
- explores physical, social/emotional, cognitive, and moral development from toddlers to middle childhood
- explores early childhood programs, thematic planning
- students prepare and run a functioning playschool |
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What students should take FACS classes? |
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All students benefit from learning how to become a better individual, family and community member, as well as a better employee. The skills and knowledge learned in FACS courses can prepare those entering college, technical or community college, military training, or the workforce. FACS is for everyone and all are welcome! |
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Why should someone take a FACS class? |
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Family and Consumer Sciences offers a unique lens from which to learn about the world. It allows students to explore the work of the family and the intricate roles of individual, worker, and family member. It encourages students to develop skills in communication and decision-making and develop creativity in gathering, organizing, and using information effectively.
FACS classes also offer hands-on learning experiences. Students participate in various cooking labs, child development observations, group discussions, skits, guest speaker presentations and peer teaching opportunities.
Learning is work. And it is work in FACS courses too. However, knowledge and skills learned in FACS can readily be applied NOW! Can you say that about other courses? |
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What happened to Home Economics? |
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According to the Jouranl of Family and Consumer Sciences (Vol 92 No 1, 2000) in 1993, 100 Home Economic professionals met in Arizona and voted to change the name of Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences. The name change movement, which originated in higher education, culminated when the American Home Economics Association (AHEA) officially changed its name to the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS).
WHY THE NAME CHANGE? Well, much has changed since Home Economics originated as a collegiate study of community hygiene and developed into a segregated course for young women learning how to manage a household and family. Forces such as changing family patterns, women entering the workforce, the women's movement, advances in technology, the divvying up of family responsibilities to other societal institutions, government policies, and research agendas have altered home economics. Professionals in Home Economics wanted to recognize the changes taking place in society and as a result the debate about a name change began in the 1970's.
Today, Family and Consumer Sciences Education serves a diverse population - including students of various ethnic and economic backgrounds, males and females, and students who are college bound and those who are not. FACS education is about developing knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors needed to balance one's personal, family, and work life. |
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