I Do, We Do, You Do Home Economics: Explicit Instruction Connecting Content with Ideology

Oct 15, 2026

Explicit instruction is presented as a teaching model that makes students understand what to do and how to do it. The paper argues that ideology in home economics should be explicitly taught so learners can frame the disciplinary field through who, what, when, where, why, and how. When this ideology is made visible and reinforced across content specialisations, new professionals report stronger perceptions of the discipline and greater confidence in applying home economics to real-world needs.

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doi: 10.26529/cepsj.1188 I Do, We Do, You Do Home Economics: Explicit Instruction Connecting Content with Ideology Jay R. Deagon1 • Explicit instruction is a teaching model that demonstrates to students what to do and how to do it. One purpose of ideology is to focus the who, what, when, where, and why of a disciplinary field. Trained home economists make a sustained commitment to the core ideology of home economics. Mechanisms for identifying locally relevant challenges faced by individuals, families, and communities are embedded in the home economics knowledge base. To identify challenges and locate solutions (who, what, when, where, and how), home economics education programmes must actively teach or provide explicit instruction about the ideology that underpins the home economics disciplinary field. Neglecting ideology results in teaching unrelated subjects or compartmentalised content that may dilute connection to the core aims ofthe home economics’ ‘big picture’. This paper outlines how explicit instruction and embedded home economics ideology have positively impacted perceptions ofthe discipline amongst professionals who are new to the field. In teaching and learning environments, making home economics ideology visible and reinforced continuously across all content specialisation areas, the author observed that students acquired the words and concepts to explain the importance of home economics to others. Professionals who are new to the field be came more confident and passionate advocates for home economics, because they had learnt and appreciated, through explicit instruction techniques, the what, the how to, and the why of home economics. Equipped with the discipline’s core ideology, professionals who make visible the home economics ‘big picture’ (i.e., the why) to others are better equipped to enact real-world applications of home economics that can adapt continuously to meet ever-changing and complex societal needs. Keywords: home economics, explicit instruction, ideology, professional practice 1 College of Education, School of Education and the Arts, Central Queensland University, Australia; [j.deagon@cqu.edu.au](j.deagon@cqu.edu.au). Jaz gospodinjim, mi gospodinjimo, ti gospodinjiš: eksplicitno poučevanje, ki povezuje vsebino z ideologijo Jay R. Deagon • Eksplicitno poučevanje je model poučevanja, ki učencem pokaže, kaj inkako naj nekaj naredijo. Eden izmed namenov ideologije je tudi, da se za posamezno disciplinarno področje osredotoči na iskanje odgovorov navprašanja kdo, kaj, kdaj, kje in zakaj. Usposobljeni strokovnjaki gospodinjstva se tako trajno zavežejo temeljni ideologiji gospodinjstva. Mehanizmi za prepoznavanje lokalno pomembnih izzivov, s katerimi se spoprijemajo posamezniki, družine in skupnosti, so vgrajeni v temeljno bazoznanja gospodinjstva. Za prepoznavanje izzivov in iskanje rešitev (kdo, kaj, kdaj, kje in kako) morajo izobraževalni programi gospodinjstva aktivno poučevati ali zagotavljati jasna navodila glede ideologije, ki predstavljatemelj disciplinarnega področja gospodinjstva. Zanemarjanje ideologijeima za posledico poučevanje nepovezanih tem predmetov ali razdrobljenih vsebin, kar lahko oslabi povezanost s temeljnimi cilji »širšega smisla« gospodinjstva. V tem prispevku je opisano, kako eksplicitno poučevanje in temeljna ideologija gospodinjstva pozitivno vplivata na dojemanje discipline med novimi strokovnjaki tega področja. Opazili smo lahko, da so študentje v učnih okoljih, v katerih je ideologija gospodinjstva izpostavljena in se nenehno krepi oziroma poudarja na vseh vsebinskih strokovnih področjih, usvojili besede in pojme, s katerimi lahko drugim razložijopomen gospodinjstva. Strokovnjaki, ki so bili na tem področju novi, so postali samozavestnejši in bolj zavzeti zagovorniki gospodinjstva, saj so se s pomočjo eksplicitnega poučevanja naučili in spoznali pravo vrednost koncepta, kaj, kako in zakaj gospodinjstvo. Strokovnjaki, ki so opremljenis temeljno ideologijo

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What is the central teaching model discussed in the paper?

The paper describes explicit instruction as a model that demonstrates to students what to do and how to do it.

Why does the paper emphasize ideology in home economics education?

It argues that ideology helps learners connect curriculum content to the disciplinary field’s core aims and to real challenges faced by individuals, families, and communities.

How does making ideology visible affect professionals new to the field?

The author reports that professionals and students become more confident advocates because they learn and use the concepts to explain the importance of home economics and support real-world application.

Oct 15, 2026

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