Family and consumer sciences, human sciences, human ecology or home economics, is an academic discipline which combines aspects of consumer science, nutrition, cooking, parenting and human development, interior decoration, textiles, family economics, housing, apparel design and resource management as well as other related subjects. Consumer science is the study of providing for the well-being of individuals and households in the context of how they are influenced by marketplace institutions and communities. ... The updated USDA food pyramid, published in 2005, is a general nutrition guide for recommended food consumption. ... Cooking is the act of preparing food for ingestion. ...   It has been suggested that Child discipline be merged into this article or section. ... Human development may refer to: Human development (biology) Human development (psychology) see Developmental psychology Occasionally, it may refer to both, but because each of these is already an immense area, few if any contemporary academic discussions attempt to tackle both with any completeness. ... Interior decoration or décor is the art of decorating a room so that it is attractive, easy to use, and functions well with the existing architecture. ... This article is about the type of fabric. ...

Family and consumer sciences combines social science, including its emphasis on the well-being of families, individuals, and communities, and natural science with its emphasis on nutrition and textile science. The social sciences are groups of academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world. ... The lunar farside as seen from Apollo 11 Natural science is the rational study of the universe via rules or laws of natural order. ...

The field as it is today originated from home economics; in the U.S. the discipline developed at Kansas State University in 1882 and spread quickly to other land grant universities after women appealed to have their own niche while the men studied subjects such as agriculture or shop. Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Land-grant universities (also called land-grant colleges or land grant institutions) are institutions of higher education in the United States which have been designated by Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. ... Industrial arts is an umbrella term used in the late 20th century to describe an educational program which featured fabrication of objects in wood and/or metal using a variety of hand, power, or machine tools. ...

For many years it was traditional for school girls in higher grades to study "Home Ec" (primarily cooking and sewing) while boys took "Shop" (carpentry, auto repair, etc.). Students of either gender were strongly discouraged or outright banned from taking each other's subjects. Home Economics is now a recognised subject area in Secondary education and has become a unisex subject, meaning that both boys and girls can choose to participate in it.

The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is the largest American national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for successful careers. ACTE's core purpose is to provide leadership in developing an educated, prepared, and competitive workforce. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

ACTE Affiliates for the Family and Consumer Sciences Education Division:

NATFACS - National Association Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences NATEFACS - National Association Teacher Educators of Family and Consumer Sciences NASAFACS - National Association State Administrators of Family and Consumer Sciences

See also

• Domestic technology
• Family (economics)
• J.C. Kluever's house
• Amanda Otto's backyard
• Hannah Shaw's backpack

Domestic technology is the incorporation of applied science into the home. ... The family, although recognized as fundamental from Adam Smith on, received little systematic treatment in economics before the 1950s. ...

External links

• American Association of Family and Consumer Science
• National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
• College of Human Sciences at The Florida State University
• "What Was Home Economics?" web pages at the Cornell University library on the history and influence of home economics
• International Federation of Home Economics
• Home Economics Institute of Australia
• Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences at University of Florida/IFAS
• The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)