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Lesson 1: Definition and Components of Home Economics Literacy

Home economics literacy is defined as the combination of literacies including food, health, financial, consumer, and environmental that enable individuals to make informed choices to safeguard and enhance personal and family well-being. It involves topics like nutrition, clothing, entrepreneurship, and child care to help students effectively manage their homes. The purpose is to help people improve the quality of their lives through science and art of homemaking.

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Lesson 1: Definition and Components of Home Economics Literacy

Home economics literacy is defined as the combination of literacies including food, health, financial, consumer, and environmental that enable individuals to make informed choices to safeguard and enhance personal and family well-being. It involves topics like nutrition, clothing, entrepreneurship, and child care to help students effectively manage their homes. The purpose is to help people improve the quality of their lives through science and art of homemaking.

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Lesson 1

DEFINITION AND COMPONENTS OF


HOME ECONOMICS LITERACY
Home Economics
•is science and the art of
homemaking which includes
nutrition, clothing,
entrepreneurship and
child care.
Home Economics
• is the science of homemaking
Home Economics
• is the art of homemaking
NUTRITION
History

CLOTHING
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CHILD CARE
This is the subject that helps students in
dealing on how to run a house well and
efficiently. It helps people to improve the
quality of their life.
LITERACY
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) defines literacy as the ability to
identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate,
compute and use printed and written materials associated
with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of
learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to
develop their knowledge and potential, to participate fully
in their community and wider society (UNESCO, 2003, p. 13).
LITERACY
To advance literacy as an integral part of lifelong learning, UNESCO takes the following
approaches to promote literacy worldwide, with an emphasis on youth and adults.

 Building strong foundations through early childhood care and education


https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy

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LITERACY
To advance literacy as an integral part of lifelong learning, UNESCO takes the following
approaches to promote literacy worldwide, with an emphasis on youth and adults.

 Providing quality basic education for all children


https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy

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LITERACY
To advance literacy as an integral part of lifelong learning, UNESCO takes the following
approaches to promote literacy worldwide, with an emphasis on youth and adults.

 Scaling-up functional literacy levels for youth and adults who lack basic literacy skills
https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy

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LITERACY
According to our estimates 70,679,148 persons or 96.29% of
adult population (aged 15 years and above) in Philippines are
able to read and write. Accordingly about 2,724,396 adults are
illiterate.

Literacy rate for adult male population is 95.78% (34,841,856


persons). 1,535,867 are illiterate.
Literacy rate for adult female population is 96.79% (35,837,292
persons). 1,188,529 are illiterate.

Youth literacy rates are 96.98% and 98.94% for males and
females accordingly. The overall youth literacy rate is 97.94%.
Youth literacy rate definition covers the population between the
ages of 15 to 24 years.
Source: The estimation data for section "Philippines population literacy" is based on the latest data published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (retrieved March 13, 2016) .
LITERACY
UNESCO literacy projects

Cap-ED

•Capacity Development for Education (CapED) is one of


UNESCO’s main capacity development programmes for
literacy. It assists Member States in reinforcing their
education reforms including improving literacy levels
for youth and adults; increasing the supply of
qualified teachers; and widening access to Technical
and Vocational Skills Education and Training (TVET)
for youth, especially for girls and women.
https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy-all/projects
Conclusion
• Provide a brief summary of your presentation
HOME ECONOMICS LITERACY
is defined as the amalgam of multiple
literacies including food, health, financial,
consumer and environmental literary.

Purpose
to enable individuals as family members,
responsible consumers and global citizens to
make informed choices and opt for appropriate
behavior’s in order to safeguard and enhance
personal, family and community wellbeing.
HAPPY FAMILY
• Invite questions from the audience
Activity # 1
Post/ Paste a picture of your latest memorable happy
family activities and make a write- up about it by
following the guide questions below:

1. Describe your family in 5 adjectives and why?


2. What makes you proud of your family?
3. Do you find home economics literacy helpful in any
sense? Why and how?

Note: To be presented during face- to- face class

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