Studying home management provides opportunities for students to understand and shape preferred solutions to a range of challenges in their personal, family, community and work roles. For example, they may develop and implement learning experiences that enable students to learn how to:
Understand and confront the way they influence and are influenced by broad societal factors such as media, advertising, peer pressure, and changing technologies.
Design, evaluate and make decisions related to food.
Utilise design and technology relevant to families and households.
Balance work responsibilites with personal responsibilities and leisure.
rovide opportunities for students to develop related knowledge and skills such as those related to food preparation, food technology and food consumption.
Understand and take action to enhance human growth and development.
Take control of their health and develop health promoting behaviours.
Choose nutritious foods in a changing market place.
Prepare nutritious foods and develop health promoting food behaviours.
Make informed, responsible and ethical consumer decision