Home Economics
Aims:
- • To provide pupils with knowledge and practical skills for application in life within the home and community
- • To ensure that pupils will be capable of wise decision making in areas related to their personal resources.
- • To develop in pupils competence in making wise consumer decisions
- • To develop interest in the vocational aspects of the subject
Skills:
Pupils should be able:
- • To use a variety of methods to develop cognitive skill such as discovery – learning and problem solving
- • To demonstrate a range of practical skills
- • To obtain and retrieve information from various sources
- • To use certain effective skills such as creativity, imagination
- • To record information accurately
- • To interpret data
Syllabus Structure:
The syllabus structure consists of two sections:
- • A common course of five areas of study
- • One elective from a choice of three
The five areas of study include:
- • Food studies and Culinary Skills
- • Consumer Studies
- • Social and Health Studies
- • Resource Management and Home Studies
- • Textile Studies
One elective will be chosen from the following three:
- • Childcare
- • Design and Craftwork
- • Textile Skills
The syllabus is offered at two levels, Ordinary and Higher.
Assessment:
Assessment of pupils will consist of both practical and written examinations, at Ordinary and at Higher levels.