Careers in Focus--Family and Consumer Sciences: Teacher's Resource Guide

by Lee Jackson

Book Overview

- Highlights career profiles of successful professionals in various occupations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566378842
• ISBN13: 9781566378840
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 12.7"
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Take charge of your life - explore your options!

Highlighting actual professionals working in the field of family and consumer sciences (home economics) was the most interesting part in writing this book. Through the many profiles, it is evident that the careers in this field are extensive and interesting. They include the occupations of teaching and education but much more. For example, the traditional subject areas (foods and nutrition, clothing and textiles, child development, housing and interiors, human relationships, health and family living) are explored in each of five career fields: business, education and communications, human services, science and technology, and the arts. The pros and cons of entrepreneurship and types of businesses that lend themselves well to self-employment are included. In addition to spotlighting actual careers, thirteen chapters cover general career education information, such as choosing a career, developing skills for job success, and finding and keeping a job. These chapters incorporate the skills that employers look for in new employees. Careers in Focus - Family and Consumer Sciences is a textbook intended for secondary study, as well as vocational and technical education studies. However, its information is specific to anyone who is choosing a career, finding a job, and/or wanting to be successful in the workplace. My background is in education. I have taught in Missouri and Wisconsin schools for over 25 years. My special interest in the field of family and consumer sciences has inspired me to write several cookbooks and guides to nutrition and physical firness.May this book inspire you to choose a career that will be right for you!