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Ladick, Michael – Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 2021
Consistent messaging about reliable processes is valuable when educating about risk management. Recent research has shown that national and state financial literacy education (FLE) curricula have risk management and insurance standards with inconsistent tendencies. Informed by Beauchamp's (1961) field of curriculum theory, this conceptual essay…
Descriptors: Insurance, Risk Management, Money Management, Consumer Education
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Nah Ray Han – Journal of Advertising Education, 2024
This paper offers a critical examination of ethical consumption, exploring how it reinforces social identities within the capitalist framework. It argues for the crucial role of educational institutions in addressing ethical consumption within their curricula. While ethical consumption is often promoted for its moral virtues and its potential to…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Ethics, Ideology, Social Stratification
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Erjavšek, Martina; Lovšin Kozina, Francka; Kostanjevec, Stojan – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2021
Education for sustainable development is essential for the well-being of present and future generations and is one of the key objectives in the discipline of home economics. The purpose of this research was to ascertain whether in-service teachers of home economics recognise the opportunities to educate students about sustainable development in…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Development
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Hansen, Linda; Trapp, Leesa; Renfro, Laine; Strand, Jan; Duryea, Marie; Miller, Cindy – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2019
In 2017, Laura Pace, a middle school family and consumer sciences (FCS) teacher from Farmington, New Mexico, contacted the New Mexico Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NMAFCS) regarding the use of a high school teacher evaluation system developed by the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) to assess her middle school program.…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Family Life Education, Middle Schools, Curriculum Development
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Karakus, Memet; Uyar, Melis Yesilpinar – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
The aim of this study was to implement and evaluate the instructional design prepared as consumer-oriented and based upon interdisciplinary curriculum. In this study, case study approach, which is one of the qualitative research patterns, was employed. Observations, interviews and document analysis were used to collect data. For analyzing the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Consumer Education, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies
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Goldstein-Schultz, Martha – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2016
The concept of gender stereotypes permeates the lives of youth in the United States. This article provides background information and rationale for incorporating gender stereotype analysis into family and consumer sciences (FCS) coursework. The critical analysis of gender stereotypes includes numerous activities and assessments that encourage…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Sex Fairness, Stereotypes, Consumer Education