... C I A L S Y L L A B U S INTRODUCTION • Aims Rationale The aims of the syllabus are to: (i) Home economics scientific and social is an applied subject combining theory with practice in order to ... awareness of health and safety practices in activities related to home economics • the social and economic dimensions of home economics • develop personal qualities: perseverance, self-confidence, ... values • role, status, socio-economic groupings, social mobility • primary and secondary social groups, kinship, socialisation • social institutions • social change These concepts should be integrated...