Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management — John Shaqi
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household ManagementOntario. Department of Education
General
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management
Ontario. Department of Education
Cooking; Home economics
Throughout the lessons, there is the difficulty of presenting scientific
facts to immature minds in a way that will be simple and clear. The use
of technical language would often assist the expression, and this is apt
to be unconsciously employed, but there is danger of such forms of
speech not being intelligible to the pupils; the teacher should
therefore choose her words carefully. Technical terms may be taught, but
this is not advised in Junior classes, unless really necessary. If the
facts are intelligently related to the experiences of the pupils, that
is all that is desired.
Temperatures, as indicated by Fahrenheit thermometers, have always been
given, as this scale is best known in the home.
Since this Manual is designed for teachers, few recipes have been
furnished. The books of reference which are appended will supply these
and additional information on the subject.
CORRELATION WITH OTHER SCHOOL SUBJECTS
One of the benefits of placing Household Management in a Course of Study
is that it relates the knowledge gained in school to the home life.
The Household Management teacher has great opportunity for this
correlation. She should be more than a teacher of household duties. She
should lead the pupils to see the importance and necessity of mastering
the other school subjects. Wherever interest in these subjects has
already been established, this interest will form a basis for
development in many Household Management lessons.
Then, too, the teachers of other subjects should, as far as possible,
work with the Household Management teacher in relating their instruction
to the operations and requirements in the home. If the teachers
co-operate in planning their lessons, the pupils will receive a deeper
impression of the facts learned in each subject and will have an
increased interest in the work, through seeing how one branch of
knowledge is related to another.
The following will show how some of the subjects are related to the
class work of Household Management:
Arithmetic.--This subject is used in household accounts, in
measurements, in the division of recipes, and in computing the cost of
foods prepared for the table.
Reading.--The pupils should be asked to read aloud the recipes and their
notes and should be required to do this distinctly and accurately.
Spelling, Writing, Language Work.--In writing recipes and notes, in
stories of household topics, and in written answers, the teacher should
insist on neat writing, correct spelling, and good English.
Geography.--The study of materials for food, clothing, and house
furnishings brings before the mind our commercial relations with foreign
countries and the occupations of their inhabitants. It also suggests
consideration of climate and soils.
History.--The evolution of furniture and utensils, of methods of
housekeeping, and of preparing and serving food, brings out historical
facts.
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