Introduction
First published 2008 by:
CDVEC, Curriculum Development Unit (CDU), Dublin, Ireland and
International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE), Bonn, Germany
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Edited by:
MIRIAM O’DONOGHUE, Ireland
