Intro to Home Science
Home refers to the place of residence where the family lives.
Career is a small scale innovative business to earn a profit - True or False
False.
A chosen profession or occupation for self-advancement is a career
List the three perspectives under importance of Home Science
Importance for individuals
Importance for home and family life
Importance for economic stability
Home Science is meant for girls because they have to
manage the home in later life. True or False?
Today, there is a predominance of the nuclear family structure. The man and the woman share responsibilities. Moreover, the number of wage earning homemakers are gradually increasing which means that there is pressure of dual responsibility on women.
Home Science orients and prepares both men and women to deal with various aspects of life.
Textiles and clothing
The clothes that you wear. Explain it from point of view of art and science
Styling of clothes is an art. The choice of fabric for the weather is a science
Give an example of Self -employment
State two-wage employment opportunities after studying home science.
Working in a bakery
Working at a cafe
Oil is used in making Pickles -- State Reasons? Do you agree that Home Science is not required as girls learn homemaking skills from their mother anyways
Yes, girls do learn many homemaking skills from their mother but by studying the subject of Home Science they can find answers to why, how and when of doing these activities. For example, why is oil used for making pickles? A layman’s answer will be to preserve the pickle. But how does oil preserve the pickle? In Home Science you will learn that oil prevents the direct contact of air with the preserved item like mango and prevents spoilage. Therefore, the fact is that though we learn many things from our mother, supplementing these with scientific reasoning helps us to do things in a more organised manner.
Knowledge of why a child crawls at the age of 6 months and not 2 months -- This comes under which area of Home Science ?
Human Development
Home Science is only a science. True or False. If False, justify with reason
Home Science is not only Science. It is also an art. It draws principles from both Science and art.
Explain vocation with the help of an example
A regular occupation for which an individual is particularly suited or qualified.
Example - Doctor
How is Home Science important for individuals
Home science will give scientific knowledge and develop skills for efficient performance of household responsibilities. This skill is the process of applying theory-based knowledge into your daily life
List any three misconceptions about Home Science
The three misconceptions about home science are:
(i)it only teaches cooking, stitching, home decoration, and childcare.
(ii) it does not offer attractive job opportunities.
(iii) it is meant for girls because they have to manage home in later life.
List some components under Resource management
Explain with an example - Meaning of Art and Science
When you use this knowledge for preparing nutritious food then it is science but when you serve the food in an attractive manner then it is art.
What is wage employment - Need 2 keywords to score full points
Earning salary or wages by working for someone or some organisation
How is Home Science important for Home and family life?
Home Science helps to strengthen home and family life by making optimal use of available resources. It will help to apply knowledge of different sciences for improving home and family environment, health, growth and development of individuals and in managing household resources.
Home Science does not offer attractive job opportunities.
A variety of job opportunities in different areas of Home Science are
available after studying the subject at school level. There is no other subject that opens up the avenues for such a variety of jobs. Moreover, Home Science also prepares you for self-employment or for starting small enterprises. We will discuss the job opportunities in detail a little late
Bonus points
What is Home Science ?
Home Science is knowledge in a systematic manner towards improving the quality of home and family life.
List all five heads under topic " Aim of Home Science"
1. Career
2. Vocation
3. Wage-employment
4. Self-Employment
5. Entrepreneurship
Importance for economic stability in Home Science - Elaborate!
The economic stability of the family can be ensured by undertaking a job or self-employment. This will further lead to raising the living standard of the family and quality of life.
List the 4 areas of Home Science accurately
Resource Management
Human Development
Textiles and Clothing