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The Need for FACS Education

The Need for FACS Education. Pieces of the Puzzle. What is FACS education?.

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The Need for FACS Education

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  1. The Need for FACS Education Pieces of the Puzzle

  2. What is FACS education? Family and consumer sciences (FCS) is the comprehensive body of skills, research, and knowledge that helps people make informed decisions about their well being, relationships, and resources to achieve optimal quality of life. The field represents many areas, including human development, personal and family finance, housing and interior design, food science, nutrition and wellness, textiles and apparel, and consumer issues. (http://www.aafcs.org/AboutUs/FCS.asp)

  3. Purpose of Family and Consumer Sciences • Prepare Students for their future careers • Teach them the life skills needed to live a successful life. • Increase nutrition education to help students make healthier lifestyle choices

  4. Family and Consumer Science Education Video http://animoto.com/play/A1W08Gs01RNd7PGMxMfslg

  5. OUR Community NEEDS

  6. Research • Nourishing and Feeding Individuals • Coordinating Work and Family Activities and Responsibilities • Clothing and Wardrobe Needs • Meeting Financial Needs • Housing & Shelter Needs • Parenting, Children & Family Life

  7. Research Findings • Time • Communication • Money

  8. 10 Current Trends

  9. A Broader Vision of FACS • Prepare students for success in a changing world • The focus of the FACS curriculum must also adapt

  10. Adjusting the focus with 10 Current Trends • Time • Aging U.S. Population • Changing American Families • Communication • Digital Technology • Globalization • No Majority Ethnic Group • “High Touch” Communities • Money • Work Life • Dual Economy • Genetically Modified Products • Protecting the Environment Accommodating Growth

  11. The Need for Family and Consumer Science Classes in Schools

  12. Purpose of Family and Consumer Sciences • Prepare Students for their future careers • Teach them the life skills needed to live a successful life. • Increase nutrition education to help students make healthier lifestyle choices

  13. Focus on Nutrition Education • There is a need for nutrition education to help students make healthier eating choices. • There is an increase in childhood and adolescent obesity due to poor nutrition choices. • Quick, basic, and healthy cooking needs to be taught in schools. • Informed adolescents of this generation may influence their families eating habits.

  14. Application in the Classroom • Start the Conversation about Healthy Eating • Emphasize healthy cooking practices • Modify Recipes to make them healthier • Include parents in nutrition education • Teach Basic Nutrition Knowledge in the classroom.

  15. FACS classes prepares students to meet the needs of their community, and prepares students for their future endeavors where ever they may be. Because the world is always changing, the FACS curriculum must also change to continue to meet the needs of the community and the students. Tying it all together

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