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FEW students of social problems to-day will question the general statement that the strength and sanctity of home life is still one of the most vital elements in the national fabric; and that the efforts now being made by far-sighted educationists to place the study of home economics on a firm basis, occupying a high and secure position in school curricula, merit every encouragement. This need was well recognised by the inclusion in the recent Congress for Scientific Management of a section for domestic economy; and in the present excellent and comprehensive work that need is still more clearly and fundamentally emphasised and provided for. The book deals of course with the teaching of home economics in the United States, but its breadth of view and depth of thought are such as to make it international in scope and application.
Fundamentals in Teaching Home Economics
By Ivol Spafford. Pp. xiii + 424. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1935.) 13s. 6d. net.
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Fundamentals in Teaching Home Economics. Nature 136, 664 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136664b0
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