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The nature of home economics curriculum in secondary schools

Creator:

Baldwin, Edith E.

Abstract:

As with other areas of the curriculum home economics tends to respond to the objectives of powerful interest groups rather than to the work of recognized scholars and the ideals of democracy. The philosophical orientation of this study is derived from the work of Jurgen Habermas, a dominant figure in...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Clothing transitions : a study of Hmong dress and acculturation

Creator:

Roberts, Cynthia

Abstract:

Hmong are immigrants from Southeast Asia who have been granted refugee status in the United States. Following the collapse of Laos in 1975, thousands of Hmong fled in fear of reprisal from the Pathet Lao for having aided the U.S. military effort there. Traditional cultural patterns have been in a...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis