he subject area Home Economics has as its central focus people within their personal, family, community and work roles. Home Economics encourages personal independence, living effectively within the wider society and promoting preferred futures foe self and others in contexts related to food, nutrition and textiles. Home Economics is an interdisciplinary study drawing on the fields of nutrition, dietetics, textiles and fashion.
Within this Home Economics area, students are encouraged to work effectively within dynamic and diverse situations to meet many challenges. These challenges include:
Selecting and preparing nutritious foods from complex and challenging food markets
Making informed, responsible and ethical consumer decisions about new products that become available because of changing technologies and lifestyles
Resolving the influences of peer pressure, body image, economics, marketing and media when selecting textiles and clothing