Descriptor
Source
Bureau of Education,… | 3 |
Publication Type
Historical Materials | 3 |
Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
Education Level
Elementary Secondary Education | 3 |
High Schools | 3 |
Higher Education | 3 |
Postsecondary Education | 3 |
Secondary Education | 3 |
Adult Education | 2 |
Elementary Education | 2 |
Junior High Schools | 1 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Smith Hughes Act | 1 |
Smith Lever Act | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Calvin, Henrietta W.; Lyford, Carrie Alberta – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
Progress in home economics education has been marked in recent years. To the normal rapid increase in the number of high schools offering courses, the extension of systematic training in home making into the lower grades, the establishment of new courses in liberal arts colleges, and the more adequate support of departments previously organized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Home Economics Education, Home Economics
Whitcomb, Emeline S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
Home economics education during the past biennium has made notable progress in a number of directions. These directions include, among others, a clarification of the contributions of home economics to general education, to health education, to child care and welfare, and a reorganization of the curriculum, based on scientific evidence. This latter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Home Economics Education, Occupational Home Economics
Calvin, Henrietta W. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
Home economics education includes not only that instruction in household arts and sciences which is given in elementary and secondary schools and universities, colleges, and normal schools, but it also includes that which is taught through correspondence and extension courses. The major topics in home economics education are discussed in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizations (Groups), Extension Education, Elementary School Students