FACS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Catharine Beecher, John Dewey, Bacon
29 Aug 2016
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Vision: individuals, families, and communities are achieving optimal quality of life assisted by competent, caring professionals whose expertise is continually updated through aafcs. Believe in the family as a fundamental unit of society. Seek new ideas and initiatives and embrace change. Promote an integrative and holistic approach, aligned with the fcs body of knowledge, to support professionals who work with individuals, families, and communities. Study of human beings in relation to their environments. Edward youmans, wellbeing of people in their homes. John dewey promoted scientific principles to household activities. 1800"s to 1900"s were a hard time for families. Children labor, unsanitary conditions, factories emerging and immigrants in city. Mary creswell first graduate in fcs. Field of family and consumer sciences has its origin in disciplines like physical sciences, social sciences, art and business. Credited with emphasizing importance of scientific method to draw conclusions about the causes of phenomenon.
