Modern Aspects of Home Economics Education and Slovenia

Oct 15, 2026

Home economics education is examined across academic, curriculum, and social dimensions as well as everyday life, emphasizing its multidisciplinary links to healthy lifestyles, nutrition, health, textiles, home and family contexts, consumption, economics, and design and technology. The study argues that education and literacy in this field improve individual, family, and societal quality of life, while social change demands updates to curricula. It highlights Slovene elementary-school content domains and proposes adding household appliances, home contents, and first aid, alongside stronger social and communication skill development through proper curriculum placement.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages30

Reading Time1 h 16 min

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Introduction

Home economics education in society

Curriculum content areas in Slovenia

Proposed updates for Slovenia

doi: 10.26529/cepsj.1191 Modern Aspects of Home Economics Education and Slovenia Martina Erjavšek1 • Home economics operates in the academic, curriculum and social realms, as well as in everyday life. Due to its multidisciplinarity, it includes and interconnects the contents of different disciplines (e.g., healthy lifestyle, nutrition, dietetics, textiles, home, family, consumption, personal and family economics, design and technology), which are considered in terms of meeting the needs of the individual, family, and society. Home economics education and literacy play an important role in acquiring knowledge and skills that help raise the quality of life of the individual, family, and society. With the development of society, the needs of both the individual and the family are changing; therefore, changes are also needed in home economics education, which is reflected in the updating of the subject curricula. The goals and contents in the curriculum must reflect and meet the needs of the current society and take into account the cultural dependence and social determinism of the home economics field. To a certain extent, the current curriculum of the subject home economics in Slovene elementary schools already includes some content areas that have been recognised as important for meeting the needs of society. These relate to healthy lifestyle, nutrition, health, textiles, consumption, economics, family, environment and sustainable development. Given the perceived needs of society, the use of household appliances, home contents, and first aid should be additionally included in home economics education in Slovenia, and students should be encouraged to develop social and communication skills. It is also necessary to consider the appropriate placement of the subject in the curriculum, as it is necessary to implement home economics education in the entire elementary school education. Doing so will enable the acquisition of knowledge and skills needed in society and, therefore, the appropriate level of home economics literacy of the individual. Keywords: home economics education, teaching home economics literacy, quality of life, needs of society, Slovenia 1 Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; martina.erjavsek@pef.uni-lj.si. Sodobni vidiki gospodinjskega izobraževanja v Sloveniji Martina Erjavšek • Gospodinjstvo deluje na akademskem, šolskem in na družbenem področju ter v vsakdanjem življenju. Zaradi svoje multidisciplinarnostivključuje in med seboj povezuje vsebine različnih disciplin (npr. zdrav življenjski slog, prehrana, dietetika, tekstil, dom, družina, potrošnja, osebna in družinska ekonomika ter dizajn in tehnologija), ki se obravnavajo z vidika zadovoljevanja potreb posameznika, družine in družbe. Gospodinjsko izobraževanje in opismenjevanje imata pomembno vlogo pri usvajanju znanj in veščin, ki pripomorejo k dvigu kakovosti življenja posameznika, družin in družbe. Z razvojem družbe se spreminjajo potrebe posameznika in družin, zato so potrebne tudi spremembe na področju gospodinjskega izobraževanja, ki se kažejo v aktualizaciji učnih načrtov predmeta. Cilji in vsebine v učnem načrtu morajo odražati in zadovoljevati potrebe trenutne družbe ter upoštevati kulturno odvisnostin socialno determiniranost področja gospodinjstvo. V trenutni učninačrt predmeta gospodinjstvo v slovenski osnovni šoli so v določenemobsegu že vključena nekatera vsebinska področja, ki so bila prepoznana kot pomembna za zadovoljevanje potreb družbe. Ta se nanašajo na zdrav življenjski slog, prehrano, zdravje, tekstil, potrošnjo, ekonomiko, okolje in na trajnostni razvoj. Glede na zaznane potrebe družbe pa bi bilo treba v gospodinjsko izobraževanje v Sloveniji dodatno vključititudi vsebine o domu, uporabi gospodinjskih aparatov in prvi pomočiter učence spodbujati k razvijanju socialnih in komunikacijskih veščin. Treba je razmisliti tudi o ustrezni umestitvi predmeta v predmetnik, saj se kaže potreba po izvajanju gospodin

FAQs

What disciplines and content areas does home economics education connect?

It links multiple fields including healthy lifestyle, nutrition and dietetics, textiles, home and family, consumption, personal and family economics, and design and technology.

Why should home economics curricula be updated in Slovenia?

Because societal and family needs are changing, the curriculum goals and content must reflect current social needs and consider cultural dependence and social determinism.

What additional topics are proposed for Slovene home economics education?

The article suggests including household appliances, home contents, and first aid, and encouraging students to develop social and communication skills.

Oct 15, 2026

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