https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jfecs/issue/feed 2024-10-01T13:42:28+00:00 Trudie Erasmus trudie.erasmus.gsp@gmail.com Open Journal Systems <p>The Journal of Consumer Sciences is an official publication of the South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (SAAFECS).</p> <p>The Journal of Consumer Sciences (JCS) publishes articles that focus on consumer experiences in different places and from different perspectives and methodological positions. The journal will consider research from within the fields of hospitality, consumer studies, consumer science, home economics, family studies, consumer education, consumer rights, and consumer behaviour. We also consider household and/or individual food security to be a facet of food consumerism and hence those working in this field should consider publishing in this journal. The journal also welcomes current consumer-related research that examines the impact of environmental, community, and sustainability issues.</p> https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jfecs/article/view/272000 2024-08-13T14:39:12+00:00 A du Toit dutoit.adri@nwu.ac.za L Goosen goosel@unisa.ac.za

<p>Digital technologies have the potential to significantly promote education. Current generations of school learners are digital natives and will especially benefit from its incorporation into their educational processes. Incorporating digital technologies into education contributes toward preparing learners for life and the world of work. Increasingly, research reports on the use of digital technologies to support education in various school subjects. However, no such research could be uncovered for Consumer Studies (CS) – a valuable and meaningful South African school curriculum subject. As CS teachers have repeatedly reported a dearth of resources to foster education in the subject, digital technologies could contribute to ameliorating this problem. The purpose of this paper is, therefore, to report on a study that explored CS teachers’ use of digital technologies to support teaching-learning in this valuable subject. The overarching goal of the research was to understand if and how CS teachers are utilising digital technologies for teaching-learning purposes and to develop recommendations for enhancing its use to buttress CS education in South Africa. An exploratory qualitative case study was conducted using purposive convenience sampling in the North West province. Twenty CS teachers voluntarily and anonymously completed an online questionnaire. The questionnaire’s items aimed to explore if and how these teachers utilise digital technologies in enacting the CS curriculum. Inductive data analysis was employed. The findings indicate that several CS teachers embrace digital technologies but with a limited range of educational intentions. Informed by these findings, recommendations are made to enhance the use of digital technologies as a teaching-learning resource in CS and support these educators in enacting the curriculum of this valuable subject.</p>

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