The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) recently published the list of submissions received for the review of the Junior Cycle Curriculum. St Angela’s College, Sligo as a teacher education college is committed to engaging in the process and provided the following submissions:

Home Economics Department- Junior Cycle Review Submission

In this submission, the Home Economics Department highlights the key role of Home Economics as a discipline:

‘Home Economics integrates the social, physical and the human sciences in the study of problems arising from daily lives in homes, families and communities…In the context of the discussion document, these definitions and viewpoints are important as they serve to highlight the role of Home Economics as part of the school of the future which is described by the NCCA as “responsive learning environments where knowledge is combined with skills; preparing young people for studying and living in increasingly complex environments” (NCCA 2010, 23). 

1. Home Economics Department Junior Cycle Submission 2010, p. 4.

Science Programme- Home Economics Department – Junior Cycle Review Submission

St Angela’s College, Sligo offers a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) in Home Economics with Biology; Religious Education; Irish; Economics/Consumer Studies. Graduates of the B.Ed  programme are able to teach these subjects at both junior and senior cycle.

For more information on the B.Ed in Home Economics programme click here

For other programme offered by the Home Economics Department click here

To discuss the submissions to the NCCA Junior Cycle Review contact:
Amanda McCloat,
Head of Home Economics
Tel: 071 91 35650

Dr Michelle McGarraghy,
Director of the Science Programme
Tel: 071 91 35670