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The Challenge for Clothing Classes in the 1980's.
Huck, Janice – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1984
Suggests why clothing is a pertinent area of study and how to evaluate the relevance of clothing instruction. (SK)
Descriptors: Clothing, Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Development, Home Economics
The Issue of Curriculum Change in Clothing Studies.
Turnbull, Susan G. – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1989
Explores issues relevant to change in the clothing studies curriculum. Includes content specifics, teachers, planning, and recommendations for teacher involvement in curriculum planning. (JOW)
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Development, Home Economics, Secondary Education
Integrating the Basics into Clothing and Textiles Curricula.
Matern, Lavonne; Ward, Annette – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1989
Results of a study indicated that home economics teachers in New Mexico place a strong emphasis on clothing construction in the curriculum. It is important that other aspects of clothing and textiles be taught lest they be lost as classes are eliminated. (JOW)
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Evaluation, Home Economics Education, Secondary Education
Fashion that Works...or Not.
Speer, Tibbett L. – Techniques: Making Education and Career Connections, 1998
Discusses fashion statements made by students and looks at steps vocational education teachers can take to make them look employable. Looks at the possibility of instituting dress codes and uniforms. (JOW)
Descriptors: Clothing, Dress Codes, Employment Potential, School Uniforms
The Private Worlds of Clothing Teachers.
MacCleave-Frazier, Anne; Murray, Eloise Comeau – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1984
Recent social changes and changes in the ways the profession views itself suggest that there are undeveloped options for teaching clothing. Clothing can be a medium for teaching about a wide variety of issues such as individual personality, interpersonal relationships, and family and social behavior. (JOW)
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Home Economics, Interpersonal Relationship, Secondary Education
Revisiting Questions of Change in Clothing Studies: Opportunities at the University of New Brunswick.
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Winslow, Katherine – Canadian Home Economics Journal, 1994
Explores various positions regarding future directions for clothing study within home economics education to raise concerns and generate discussion of the issue. Discusses a clothing study in New Brunswick schools to illustrate the issues. (JOW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Clothing, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Voluntary Simplicity: A Lifestyle Option.
Pestle, Ruth E. – 1984
This guide provides practical ideas for incorporating the concept of voluntary simplicity into home economics classes. Discussed in the first chapter are the need to study voluntary simplicity, its potential contributions to home economics, and techniques and a questionnaire for measuring student attitudes toward the concept. The remaining…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, Clothing Instruction
The Value of Home Economics Education: Observations of Students, Teachers, and Parents.
Caputo, Colleen C.; Haymore, Judy – 1981
Increasingly, educational evaluators are using studies of individual students in a program, reporting their academic and community background, dimensions of the program in which they were enrolled, and the benefits to the students after completing or leaving the program as a measure of the success of the programs. The case studies in this…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
What People Will Need to Know in the 80s and Beyond to Be Intelligent Consumers and Effective Homemakers (Content for Consumer and Homemaking Education).
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Simpson, Elizabeth J. – 1981
This report examines matters about which people will need to be knowledgeable in the 1980s to be intelligent consumers and effective homemakers. Its assumptions are based on an examination of work in the field of home economics and related areas of future issues relative to families, publications dealing with social trends and technological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Child Rearing, Clothing Instruction