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Stanton, William R.; Garman, E. Thomas – Balance Sheet, 1973
Consumerism is now accepted with dignity, leading to a burgeoning forth of interest in and nationwide approval of consumer education. A creed is presented which offers some suggestions and guidelines by which the consumer educator can evaluate his own effectiveness, modify his criteria for excellence, and continue to make the course relevant. (SC)
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Garman, E. Thomas; Kidd, Charlotte A. – Death Education, 1983
Focuses on consumers' knowledge and opinions concerning the funeral industry. Questionnaires showed university faculty and staff (N=293) rejected the status quo. Almost 9 out of 10 of the respondents were quite unprepared for their own funerals. Relationships existed between knowledge scores and the age, education, and sex of respondents.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Faculty, Consumer Economics, Death
Garman, E. Thomas – 1977
The competencies of prospective consumer education teachers were measured, and student and demographic information variables related to achievement scores on the test were identified. Using the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) as the sampling frame, a mail survey elicited over 4,000 prospective teacher responses on…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedForgue, Raymond E.; Garman, E. Thomas – College Student Journal, 1980
On questions related to the role of consumers in society, prospective teachers scored only 64 percent correct. Those majoring in science scored highest. Males scored significantly higher than females. Having taken college consumer education courses had little effect on scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Economic Factors, Education Majors
Download full textGarman, E. Thomas; And Others – 1971
The rationale behind this annotated bibliography of over 1300 items is that every consumer education teacher needs numerous classroom resources to provide for the individual needs of his students, and these resources should be balanced in representing all content areas. The resource materials included, mostly booklets and pamphlets for classroom…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Careers, Consumer Economics
Garman, E. Thomas; Monroe, Sarah D. – 1977
Focusing on avoiding consumer frauds and misrepresentations, this document is one in a series of three consumer education modules developed to educate individual adult consumers in important areas of consumer affairs. An introductory section provides an overview of the module contents, suggested approaches for using the module, and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Garman, E. Thomas; Jeffrey, Sandra L. – 1977
Focusing on obtaining and using consumer credit, this document is one in a series of three consumer education modules developed to educate individual adult consumers in important areas of consumer affairs. An introductory section provides an overview of the module contents, suggested approaches for using the module, and suggestions for working…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
