Show PRACTICE COTTAGES HOME ECONOMICS TEACHING housekeeping cottages in which the students obtain actual practice in household work are arc a prominent feature of current in home economics according to a report issued by the department of the interior through the bureau of education the practice house is as distinctly a legitimate part of the equipment for teaching home economics as the sewing machine ironing board or individual desk with its cooking utensils declares the report home economics departments in schools and colleges are not all so fortunate as to have resi residences in which to instruct in home management and in housewifery there has been some hesitancy among school officers because of the initial expense of a practice house but as it is recognized that these houses vre quite as necessary as are go good od laboratories and that the maintenance costs are not excess excessive ive more departments are being thus supplied these houses offer opportunities port unities for experimental studies in household hous ehod administration make practice in home furnishing possible and afford excellent places for studies in nutrition the report shows that home economics is now a recognized course of study in all agricultural colleges to which women are admitted thirty one state universities offer regular courses in n home economics and most of the he private and i denominational colleges and unive universities now of I 1 fer er similar instruction so important has the subject become in n state public school systems during the past two or three years that now practically every I 1 state normal school has a course in n home economics for tive ive school teachers summer schools are coming to play an especially important part art in home economics teach ing ng the bureau of education received announcements from 92 schools that were offering courses during the summer of 1914 in 1915 ithe number aber re porting had increased to and a still further incie increase ase is already assured for 1916 twenty three states report an outline of lessons in home econ gornics for statewide use A state manual of study for the public elementary schools of Ala alabama contains an outline for lessons in cooking and suggestions for the teaching of sewing in the grades with lists of equipment and references for domestic science teachers in the grades in california each county or city board of education prescribes it its s own course of study in home econ brics an outline for a cour course of lessons in in home economics has been prepared for the common schools of illinois this is made use of particularly in the rural schools the domestic science section of the high school conference of illinois has recently completed a comprehensive outline for lessons in the fifth sixth seventh and eighth grades thus taking an important step in helping to nafy th the courses offered inbode in home economics below the high school |