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During their high school career, students study a
variety of subjects important to their choice of post-
secondary study or to their choice of occupational
training. Only the study of Home Economics,
however, can be said to be concerned with meeting
the challenges of everyday living in a modern
society. Home Economics education provides “the
necessary balance in bringing together theoretical
understandings and addressing practical everyday
problems. It contributes to empowering people to
become active and informed members of society
with respect to both living independently and living
in caring situations with other people. Students
develop an understanding of the interdependence
of their everyday living with that of other human
beings and broader issues related to ecological
sustainability” (Home Economics Institute of
Australia, 2002).