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2023 Fall Course Info
History and Philosophy of FCS EducationTechniques of Supervision (of Student Teachers)Exceptional Learners in the Secondary School Classroom (Special Education)Education in a Pluralistic Society (Multicultural Education/Human Relations)Profession in FocusProfession in FocusAdult Learners
2024 Spring Course Info
Occupational Programs in FCSResearch Experience in Family and Consumer SciencesFCCLAFamily Issues & Social Action (Public Policy)Psychology of AdolescenceProfession in FocusProfession in Focus
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Course Information
History and Philosophy of FCS Education
Course Description
Students learn historical, philosophical, and legislative bases of family and consumer sciences education. Course content includes the role of family and consumer sciences in secondary schools and other educational settings.
Contacts
Instructor

Paula Tripp
Office: 405-477-4166
Fax: 405-744-6344
paula.j.tripp@okstate.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

Textbooks

Leaders in Family and Consumer Sciences
McFadden, J., Ball, R.A., & Booth, LW (Eds.)
Edition: 2016
ISBN: 978-1-929083-10-7
Publisher: Okemos, Ml: Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society

Remaking HOme Economics: Resourcefulness and innovation in changing times
Nickols, S.Y., & Kay, G. (Eds.)
Edition: 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8203-4807-0
Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Palace Thief, a short story or The Emperor's Club, the film based on the book
Ethan Canin
Edition: 1994
ISBN: 978-0-812976175
Publisher: New York: Picador

The Secret History of Home Economics
Danielle Dreilinger
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 9781324004493
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Course Access
 
Approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive preliminary course information from the Oklahoma State campus coordinator listed below. One week prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive an email with their login name and password. OSU's online courses are facilitated by Canvas.
 
Brianna Cooper-Kordinak for Agricultural Education, Animal Science, and Grassland Management. 
Rae Ann Montgomery for Dietetics, Early Care & Education, Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Gerontology, and Merchandising. 
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
University Members
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Janice Santiago is a graduate student in the family and community services program.I was looking for the education I needed to take the next step in my career to a program director or executive director.  I spent a lot of time searching for a university and degree that matched my education in community organizing and advocacy and aligned with my interest in families and community services and supports.  Finding GP IDEA and reading about the courses and career tracks of those who earned the MA in Family & Community Services, I knew right away that this was the degree and program for me. It has lived up to all I had hoped!

As a single mother who works full-time and is raising a son with Autism, and is a member of the sandwich generation taking care of family elders, everything about this program from the courses, schedules, available resources, support of peers and professors have made this the best possible learning experience I could have asked for.  

– – Janice Santiago, Family and Community Services Student,
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