Contempory Issues In Home Economics

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Contempory Issues In Home Economics

• Mrs Donna Renwick
• Kelso High School
• Bowmont Street
• Kelso
• TD5 7EG
• Tel [phone]
• E-mail drenwick_at_kelso.scotborders.sch.uk

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Learning Objectives and Success Criteria

• My Learning Outcomes Success Criteria
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• Kelso High School and its community For contact
  reasons visiting?
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• Success, attainment and achievement Understanding
  Ethos
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• How do we survive? Scotland, teaching,
  Promoting a debate
• the name and our roots
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• A Curriculum for Excellence and Understanding
  why subject
• Home Economics placement matters
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• National Home Economics Day To consider the
  part to play

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Kelso High School
1939
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Ethos of Home Economics in Kelso

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• It is about all the people and the relationships
  between them.
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• The department is about learning!
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• We support all the pupils in our school to
  develop positive attitudes.
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• Everyone in the department wants to learn and
  achieve (not just the pupils). We constantly
  evolve as we are constantly learning too.
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• Home Economics, for us, is about developing minds
  and the enormous potential for learning.

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2001 changes the option sheet to offer only
Standard Grade. Maximum number prior to this
was a total of 15 pupil. This year we have 68 of
the year group. S3S4 between them has nine
Standard Grade set with only 3 teachers
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2005 Advanced Higher Health and Food Technology
introduced. Since 2003 we have consistently had
2 higher sets in the upper timetable.
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Scotland's Health Statistics

• 173 Million invested in Health Promotion in 2002
• 243 Million Invested in Health Promotion in 2004
• 2004 More fizzy drinks consumed in Scotland
  than in Europe
• 1 million children under 16 are obese
• (British Medical Report)
• Only 1 in every 7 Scottish children eat the
  correct amount of fruit and vegetables
• ( NHS Quality Improvement Scotland)

(www.scotland.gov.uk) (www.living.scotsman.com)
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1901

• Instant Coffee was invented by a Japanese chemist
• Hubert Cecil Booth invented the Vacuum Cleaner
• First Radio Transmission
• Queen Victoria dies (1819-1901)
• Peanut butter was invented
• KFC was launched
• Dole Pineapple Company was Founded.

Ellen Swallow Richards (1842 1911) The most
prominent female American chemist of the 19th
century
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• Home Economics Hospitality
• Consumer vs Commercial Producer
• Health of the Public vs Food Producers
• Sustainability vs Resource Intensive
  Production methods
• Choice of Home Cooking vs Large Scale
  Industrial Production
• Conserving Society vs Consuming Society

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1901

• Instant Coffee was invented by a Japanese chemist
• Hubert Cecil Booth invented the Vacuum Cleaner
• First Radio Transmission
• Queen Victoria dies (1819-1901)
• Peanut butter was invented
• KFC was launched
• Dole Pineapple Company was Founded.

• Ellen Swallow Richards
• (1842 1911)
• The most prominent female American chemist of the
  19th century

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Home Economics
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Transformative Teaching
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Why?
How to!
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ACE
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ACE
Technology and Health and Wellbeing
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ACE
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ACE
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The Way Forward For Us All

• We need to loudly tell everyone exactly what Home
  Economics is.
• Ask why physical education is the compulsory
  subject expected to solve Scotlands health
  problems?
• Think about Einstein and question what is the
  educational value of specific experience to the
  learner?
• Ensure Home Economics S1-S3 can contribute
  completely to Health and Wellbeing and Technology
  in ACE.
• Become Transformative Teachers believe you
  will make a difference!

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Inter National Home Economics Day 21st March
2008
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• Home Economists are problem solvers that go that
  extra mile. They are reliable, supportive,
  innovative and practical. They are holistic
  people that put others visions into practice.
  These attributes of our profession are the skills
  we should be facilitating to our pupils. That in
  itself will bring success.
• (Dr Donna Plenderglast)