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Brigham Young University. Department of Homemaking Education (1955-1964)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1955 - 1964

Administrative History

The Department of Homemaking Education (1955-1964) was an instructional unit at Brigham Young University. The department was responsible for training students as secondary home economics teachers. The department replaced the earlier Department of Home Economics. In 1964, the department became a program under the Department of Family Life Education.

Department chairs included Marion C. Pfund (1955-1956) and Virginia Poulson (1956-1964).

Citation:
Brigham Young University annual catalogue, 1955: p. 39 (Homemaking Education; Marion C. Pfund, chair) p. 214 (part of College of Family Living) p. 228 (provided instruction for students seeking to become home economics teachers; cooperated with Department of Instruction)

Brigham Young University catalog of courses, 1956: p. 13 (Homemaking Education; Virginia Poulson, chair) p. 268 (course prepared students for state teacher certification; included courses from College of Education)

Brigham Young University catalog of courses, 1958: p. 11 (Homemaking Education; Ethel Lee Jewell, chair)

Brigham Young University catalog of courses, 1959: p. 5 (Homemaking Education; Virginia Poulson, chair)

Not found: Brigham Young University annual catalogue, 1954; Brigham Young University catalog of courses, 1964

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Evaluation record for student teaching in homemaking

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231027811]
Identifier: UA 36
Scope and Contents

Contains forms for evaluation of student teachers in homemaking by the student teacher, supervising teacher, and the teacher trainer at Brigham Young University, University of Utah, and Utah State University.

Dates: 1958-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

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