Modern teaching of home economics and technologies in Latvia: theoretical and practical aspects | Mūsdienu mājturības un tehnoloģiju didaktika Latvijā: teorētiskie un praktiskie aspekti
2012
Volane, E., Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (Latvia). Dept. of School Pedagogic
In the pedagogical process based on humanitarian education paradigm it is important to promote the development of every student’s identity, ensuring its expression in the acquisition of life skills activities. The mission of modern education, including the subject of home economics and technologies, is to assist in acquiring the skills that are required in different areas of life: working, learning, personal and public life. By acquiring and analyzing home economics and technologies teaching methodology, it can be stated that the founder of handicraft methodology in Latvia, as well as representatives of the didactics offer a variety of approaches based on European folk traditions in the promotion of the students’ skills development. Latvian educational classics are to a large extent influenced by European educational traditions and thus blend together well. The aim of the article is to explore and discover the theoretical basics of the didactics of home economics and technologies and to develop their importance in the process of teaching content acquisition of modern home economics and technologies at the elementary school. Nowadays, the integrial approach is typical to the organization of the learning process of home economics and technologies. The teacher's ability to associate the teaching content with real life situations, methodological techniques that focus on the activation of students’ learning activities, aspects of personality development where mental and physical unity is implemented, and real world mental, emotional and volition harmony developed.
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