Paderborn University has bid farewell to Professor Dr Kirsten Schlegel-Matthies after more than two decades of work in Home Economics and the didactics of Home Economics. The Institute of Nutrition, Consumption and Health organised the celebratory colloquium "Education for private lifestyles - a didactic challenge". The presentations demonstrated Professor Schlegel-Matthies' broad expertise in the areas of consumer research, consumer policy, education for sustainable development, the history of household-related education and the development of curricula for nutrition and consumer education in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Vice-President for Teaching, Studies and Quality Management, Prof. Dr Beate Flath, and Prof. Dr Wolf Gero Schmidt, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, thanked them for their commitment with personal greetings.
The focus of the symposium was on the relevance of subject-specific didactics for profession-oriented teacher training and the professionalisation of teacher training at Paderborn University. Professor Schlegel-Matthies played a key role in this. This also includes the development of Home Economics as a subject towards modern nutrition and consumer education for all pupils, particularly in the context of the "REVIS" project (reform of nutrition education in schools).
From a historical perspective, the conference also referred to the "new household" and the socially responsible creation of living space in the early 20th century. Today's challenges of sustainable living in private households were also discussed. Particular attention was paid to the difficulties of regulating online marketplaces and therefore the responsibility of consumer policy. The presentations made it clear that household-related education makes an important contribution to political education.
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