TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL TRACK/ HOME ECONOMICS STRAND AND CAREERS

CHARMAINE L. DAVID

This strand means to give students work prepared abilities that can help them in finding jobs. It focuses on enhancing skills in building livelihood projects that can be done at home.

If the students have a plan in continuing in college after this strand, they can take up degrees in Hospitality and Tourism Management, Culinary Arts, Nutrition, or Interior Design.

This Home Economics strand career not only prepared women for motherhood and home making but also for a broad spectrum of careers in public and private education business, dietetics, social science, journalism and institutional management.

This Home Economics Strand Component is to equip the students with the basic knowledge, skills, proper attitude and values towards work. It is intended provide classroom and laboratory experience that will enable the students to gain understanding and acquire competencies in various economic activities as they relate to the home economics curriculum map. The following are several K to 12 Curriculum Guides: Home Economics – Beauty care

Home Economics – Care giving

Home Economics – Cookery

Home Economics – Dressmaking

Home Economics – Front office services

Home Economics – Household services

Home Economics – Travel services

Home Economics – Wellness massage

Through Home Economics Education, students become empowered active and in found members of society, students acquire the necessary decision making, social and communicate skills which are important for occupational success.

This subject help to develop human progress is necessary for the society to grow.

The author is Bachelor of Science in Home Technology- Education Home Economics major