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Trying to understand connections between Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) and service-learning could improve the implementation process of this pedagogy in FCS courses. The primary objective of this study was to examine characteristics of FCS collegiate faculty who do and do not incorporate service-learning in their teaching, determine their teaching efficacy levels and dominant teaching perspectives, examine their perceptions about service-learning as an effective teaching strategy within FCS, and identify the factors that motivate and deter FCS faculty's use of service-learning. ... Read more

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Title: Addressing the Critical Shortage of FACS Educators.(Family and Consumer Sciences teachers)(Excerpt)
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2000
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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Education, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 3350 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.This uniquely interdisciplinary resource covers legal, sociological, psychological, historical, and economic aspects of crime and justice worldwide. Entries cover civil and criminal issues, from domestic violence to terrorism. Entries cite pertinent legal cases as well as publications for further information. ... Read more

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Title: COMPUTER EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATES AND PROFESSIONALS.(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Anne L. Sweaney
Publication: Education (Refereed)
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Title: Key lessons from a resurgent program. (family and consumer science instruction for children who are home alone)
Author: Julie Cahill
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 1998
Publisher: Association for Career and Technical Education
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Title: Division report: family and consumer sciences education.(Brief Article)
Author: Sue Shackelford
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: Association for Career and Technical Education
Volume: 77Issue: 6Page: 46(1)

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Title: LEAVING HOME ECONOMICS IN THE PAST.(evolution of family and consumer sciences)
Author: Ruth E. Thaler-Carter
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2000
Publisher: Association for Career and Technical Education
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Title: Family and consumer sciences education division report.(Meet ACTE Divisions & Regions)
Author: Sue Shackelford
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2004
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Title: Career tech programs: helping teenage mothers.(Front and Center)(Emerson Alternative School in Oklahoma offers family and consumer sciences education programs)
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: Association for Career and Technical Education
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Title: Working to strengthen FACS programming in Indiana.(SPOTLIGHT)(Family and Consumer Sciences)
Author: N. Susan Emeagwali
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2007
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Volume: 82Issue: 4Page: 61(1)

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Family and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science. Family and consumer sciences deals with the relationship between individuals, families, and communities, and the environment in which they live. The field represents many disciplines including consumer science, nutrition, parenting, family economics and resource management, human development, interior design, textiles, apparel design, as well as other related subjects. It is taught as an elective and as a requierd course all throughout North America. ... Read more