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Food and Materials Technologies: Home Economics Major

Code MAAALK

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About this Major

Prepares students to take on the challenges of teaching home economics in a range of subject areas across Years 7 to 12.

Students receive specialised instruction in both the theory and practical components relating to hospitality and food science, family and community studies, and textiles.

Code MAAALK

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Joondalup
Mount Lawley
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Structure

Students are required to complete 10 Content units and 2 Curriculum units. Content units educate students in the subject area and the Curriculum units explain how to teach the subject area to others.

Content Units
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
CHN1101Ecology of Children and Families 115
NUT1121Human Nutrition15
CSC1175Textiles and Clothing 115
NUT1111Food and Nutrients15
FME2107Fashion and Materials 15
HEE2113Food Knowledge and Appreciation15
HOS2500Food Service Management15
CSC3275Textiles and Clothing 215
NUT2210Nutrition in the Life Cycle15
CUR4210Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation15
Curriculum Units
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
FME2312Food and Materials Technologies: Home Economics Curriculum 115
FME2313Food and Materials Technologies: Home Economics Curriculum 215

For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.

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Notes

Important notes

  • Some of the general education units and other specialised minor units may be delivered at the ML ECU campus.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge of Food and Materials Technologies: Home Economics education and the Western Australian curriculum, which has been adapted and adopted from Australian Curriculum, and specialised teaching strategies for Food and Materials Technologies: Home Economics teaching in secondary education.
  2. Review, analyse and synthesise knowledge of teaching strategies to plan for the content of Food and Materials Technologies: Home Economics teaching.
  3. Exercise critical thinking and judgement to plan and implement Food and Materials Technologies: Home Economics programs for a range of students with diverse abilities and needs, and assess the outcomes.
  4. Communicate knowledge and ideas clearly in both written and oral formats.
  5. Demonstrate leadership, exercise professional judgement and collaborate to plan, problem solve and make decisions in Food and Materials Technologies education: Home Economics.
  6. Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts to create positive, inclusive learning environments in Food and Materials Technologies: Home Economics education.
  7. Critically reflect using accredited standards, mentor feedback and the ECA Code of Ethics to demonstrate responsibility and accountability and plan for continued collaborative and autonomous professional learning and development.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities

Graduates will be eligible to seek employment in both government and non-government secondary schools teaching Food and Materials Technologies: Home Economics.

Possible future job titles

Secondary Home Economics Teacher, Secondary Food and Materials Technologies Teacher, Textiles Teacher, Technologies teacher (Food and Materials).

This Major can be studied in the following courses

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