Improving Students' Familiarity with the Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge (FCS-BOK)

Autor/inn/en	Walker, Jane; Williams-Wheeler, Meeshay; Lee, Sung-Jin
Titel	Improving Students' Familiarity with the Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge (FCS-BOK)
Quelle	In: Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 107 (2015) 3, S.41-49 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-1651
Schlagwörter	Consumer Science; Family Life Education; Pretests Posttests; Undergraduate Students; Curriculum Development; Females; African American Students; Student Surveys; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Age Differences; Likert Scales; Reliability; Statistical Distributions; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Family education; Education within the family; Familienerziehung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Weibliches Geschlecht; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerbefragung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Likert-Skala; Reliabilität; Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung
Abstract	Because the family and consumer sciences body of knowledge (FCS-BOK) is the framework for the profession, students' familiarity with the FCS-BOK has implications for the profession. Using pre- (N = 78) and posttest (N = 43) data from students enrolled in an "Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences" (FCS 160) undergraduate student success course, the researchers examined whether intentionally planning the course so it focused on the BOK led students to improve their familiarity with the FCS-BOK. Virtually all participants were female African American students, and they were either freshmen or sophomores. Significant mean differences (i.e., mean increases) were found between pre- and posttests in students' familiarity on 10 of the 11 FCS-BOK definitional statements; that is, students expressed increased familiarity with virtually all dimensions of the BOK after taking the course, which was intentionally designed to increase their familiarity. Recommendations for future studies are provided. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01