Discusses the history and role of home economics as it relates to the formation of public policy regarding the well-being of families. (JOW)

The family operates as an economic socialization agent through the provision of (1) economic information networks, (2) grants and exchanges of resources, (3) economic role models, and (4) an environment for the development of individual human resource attributes. (SK)

A study of the responsiveness of two indexes to patrons' requests for health-related information in a public library compares both the results and the costs of searching the same questions in a printed index (Readers' Guide) and a computerized database (Magazine Index). Eighteen references are listed. (RAA)

Concerns appropriate to food and nutrition educators are broader than is widely acknowledged because of the political and economic forces that oppose such recognition. (JD)

An evaluation of the food industry's role in educating children on nutrition raises the question of how objective this instruction is, and whether the industry should be engaged in nutrition education at all. (JD)

The role of home economists in fighting inflation should be to help families reorder priorities and set realistic goals. This process should start in the management area of home economics. (CT)

The article explains the "demilitantization" of the Chicano movement; the resulting foundation, philosophy, and strategy of the Trinity Concept of Community Development (TCCD); and the history, projects such as the Congress for United Communities, and political accomplishments of the National Institute for Community Development, an…

Responsibility for maintaining public health should be shared by government, health service workers, and educated consumers. (JD)

The trend toward an active consumer role for tenants in British social housing indicates a role for adult educators in training tenants to access and use resources successfully. (SK)

New technologies such as audiotex and videotex raise public policy issues related to access, use of a common carrier network, basic versus enhanced services, financing the system, government responsibility, the Bell companies as providers, consumer protection, and privacy. (SK)

This guide to supermarket shopping provides information in an outline format. It first covers preliminary activities such as determining family needs, shopping on a budget, and planning at home. A number of suggestions are then made for the actual shopping. Topics include shopper aids (unit pricing, nutritional labeling, freshness coding), store…

The slide presentation script is intended to familiarize environmental educators with the "Whole Life Factor," an educational tool developed by the National Audubon Society Expedition Institute. The script first explores cultural images of nature and prejudice against nature. The theory that civilization perceives the planet as divided…

The advantages and disadvantages of simulations in consumer education are summarized and guidelines presented to teachers on developing their own games. Four specific game topics are suggested. (SJL)

Discusses vocational home economics over the past 30 years: the expansion from serving only high school girls to serving all persons; the addition of family relationships, consumer education, nutritional knowledge, and home economics-related occupations to the curriculum; and the impact of taxonomies of educational objectives, behavioral…

Examining the relationship of industrial arts to consumer education, this article (1) provides a list of goals for students in consumer industrial arts, (2) discusses program characteristics at the elementary and secondary levels, and (3) gives sources of implementation guidelines. (LRA)