About the Department
The Department of Home Economics Education (DHEEd) is the oldest department at CHE. Established in 1922 under the College of Education, it is the forerunner of the present DHEEd, which was organized in 1961 when CHE was created.
Our Vision
DHEEd envisions professionals who empower Filipino families and consumers to proactively improve their well-being by embodying home economics ideals.
Our Mission
To develop dedicated home economists who embody the discipline's knowledge, skills, and values that enable them to empower families and consumers to become effective community members, through quality instruction, research, and extension.
Our Disciplinal Framework
Home Economics Education (HEEd) is a field of study which integrates concepts, skills, principles, and theories of different fundamental skills subjects of home economics, namely food and nutrition, housing and interiors, clothing, crafts, family life and child development, for teaching and life application.Â
It emphasizes skills in decision-making and household resource management. It takes into serious consideration the interaction between the material and relational aspects of day-to-day living and the use of science and technology for the well-being of people and their environment.
As a sub-discipline of Home Economics, HEEd focuses on four areas of integration:
home economics education training and research
household resource management
entrepreneurship and livelihood development, and
consumer studies and education