This article features eight AAFCS-accredited academic units in higher education to illustrate how the Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge (FCS-BOK) can be integrated into program curricula and educational procedures or structures. Contributors represent the following educational institutions (listed and presented in alphabetical order):…

The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of appearance management training, work status, and plans after high school on students' opinions about appearance at school and at work. A nonprobability sample of 132 high school juniors and seniors in a consumer education class were administered the Appearance Management Survey before and…

A year after receiving his PhD in psychology from the University of Rochester, Tim Kasser accepted a position at Knox College, in Galesburg, Illinois, where he is currently professor of psychology. He regularly teaches psychology classes on personality, clinical and abnormal psychology, dreaming, and research methods, as well as an…

Consumer education objectives and consumer education course topics set forth by the Consumer Education Curriculum Development Committee in Illinois were appropriate, according to a survey of consumer education teachers and students. (Author)

When results of a county-wide questionnaire indicated specific needs, the Home Economics Extension Service set up a variety of programs to provide information and service. (SP)

The World of Work Economic Education (WOWEE), a state-wide action-research project in operation in Illinois, is discussed in relation to its objectives, concepts, purpose, and how it makes use of varied areas of expertise. (HD)

Strengths and weaknesses of consumer competencies of Kentucky high school graduates were studied. The sample consisted of 193 students selected from required freshmen English classes at three universities and three community colleges in Kentucky. (Of the 193 students, 122 were Kentucky 1976 high school graduates, thirty-one graduated from Kentucky…

Two forms of a test of consumer competency, developed as valid, reliable, normed tests in consumer education, were given to Illinois public school students in grades 8-12. A comparison of mean scores indicated that students who had completed a consumer education course scored higher on both test forms than those who had not. Test results are shown…

Presents the consumer education section of a project to provide adult educators with a tool for measuring the proficiency of experienced homemakers of either sex who seek high school credit in home economics or diplomas by demonstrated competence in the adult performance level program. (MF)

The Illinois State Board of Education in cooperation with the Illinois Consumer Education Association produced this lesson plan book as a resource for teachers as they implement the consumer education mandate in secondary schools. Classroom instruction ideas, techniques, and lessons were provided by teachers from Illinois. A committee of consumer…

The article cites data collection instruments and summarizes findings reported by IBEX, Inc., a firm under contract with Illinois' Office of Education, vocational division, to evaluate secondary consumer and homemaking education programs in Illinois in 1975. Found to be generally successful, each program's strengths, weaknesses, and most effective…

A study assessed the extent of health education services provided by community health services in Illinois. The need for agencies to define target populations and their health education needs and to state agency educational objectives clearly is underscored. (PP)

After a brief comment on consumer education as mandated by the State of Illinois, and the resulting teaching strategies, an inservice program for Chicago teachers is described which focuses on people-to-people communications between school teachers and influential leaders in the areas of business, labor, and government. (SH)