Thesa articles & advocacy

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These articles are representative of the past forty years of the THESA Journal and Newsletter and form an archive for the development of home economics education in British Columbia. (Note: All articles are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat to view.)

Volume 1(1)

• Black, C. (1963). Heritage and Challenge, pp. 2-3.

• Manning, D. (1963). Teaching the Why and When as Well as the How and What, pp.4-12.

Volume 2(1)

• Orr, Mildred (1964). Challenges and Opportunities, pp. 6-11.

Volume 3 (1)

• Schaffer, R.E. (1965). Beliefs of Home Economics Teachers in British Columbia Concerning Courses for Grade 12 Students, pp. 11-14.

• Schaffer, R.E. (1965). Home Economics for Boys, pp. 28-34.

• Rowles, E. (1965). Home Economics – A Basic Discipline, pp. 35-39.

Volume 4(1)

• Lund, Eleanor (1966). A Generating Home Economics Curriculum is You. pp. 32-35.

Volume 5(1)

• Salomon, R.E. (1967). Home economics Past, Present and Future, pp. 3-12.

• McAllister, I.L. (1967). Home economics – Today and Tomorrow, pp. 24-28.

Volume 7(1)

• Arcus, M. (1969). Toward Effective Teaching of Family Relationships, pp. 25-28.

Volume 8(1)

• Vaines, Eleanore (1970). Student teaching in home economics: a team approach. pp. 5-10.

Volume 9(1)

• Simpson, E.R. (1971). Response to the challenge. pp. 1-9.

• Down, E. (1971). The Experienced Home Economics Teacher of the Seventies. pp. 52-55.

Volume 11(1)

• Webster, D. (1973). The challenge of home economics, pp. 2-5.

Volume 14(1)

• Irvine, J. (1976). History of home economics in British Columbia schools, 1896-1975. pp. 8-19.

Volume 17(1)

• Dixon, B. (1979). Why a “family ecological” perspective in home economics? . pp. 43-45.

• Swanson, E.M. (1979). Home economics education in Canada in the elementary and secondary level, 1977. pp. 46-50.

Volume 21(4)

• Parish-Connell, S. (1981). Teaching concerns of secondary home economics teachers in British Columbia. pp. 7-10.

Volume 24(1)

• Picone, M (1983). Assessment of the need for co-ed clothing and textiles courses in British Columbia. pp. 6-9.

• Dodds, M. (1983) Choose your battles and plan to win. pp. 9-10.

Volume 28(4)

• Submission to the Royal Commission on Education. pp. 20-27 (1988).

Volume 30(3)

• THESA’s response to year 2000 document, pp. 5-7 (1990).

Volume 32(1)

• Smith, G. (1991) Home economics as a practical art: Preparing students for family life in a global society. pp. 13-15.

Volume 33(4)

• DeZwart, M.L. (1993) Sewing and the Sustainable Society, p. 14.

• Kapusta, V. (1993) Thoughts from the Year 2000: Thomas haney centre pp. 15-16.

Volume 34(1)

• Peterat & Fairbanks (1993) Whose knowledge is of most worth? 34(1), 14-15.

• Peterat & Fairbanks (1993) Whose knowledge is most worthwhile? 34(1), 16-18.

• Peterat & Fairbanks (1994). Boys will be boys? 34(3), 8-11.

• Peterat (1994) Being a woman teacher, 34(4), 10-12.

• Peterat & Fairbanks (1994) Gender and Racism, 34(4), 12-14.

advocacy

HOME ECONOMICS INQUIRY REPORT (2011)

The THESA Inquiry Report examined the state of Home Economics in British Columbia and was conducted from May 2009 to February 2011.

• THESA Inquiry Report

• Contextual study to accompany report

• Survey used for gathering data for Inquiry Report 

A big thank you to everyone involved in the Inquiry Report! THESA appreciates your contribution to the future of Home Economics in BC!

Home Economics Promotional Presentation (2008)

• Please click here to download. Created in 2008 by Denice Marr for THESA.