Suggests that personal financial literacy is a critical area for consumers and that many are not knowledgeable about personal financial management concepts. Includes information on when it should be taught and the topics to be included as well as resources and teaching suggestions. (JOW)

From the experience of the Illinois Consumer Education Association, it appears that sonsumer educators who want to promote consumer education in their State can find no more appropriate vehicle than a State consumer education association. (Author)

Policy statements concerning the role of business education in career education and consumer education. (SB)

This feature section presents the views of eight authors on various components of the business curriculum. (MU)

Suggests a cost-of-living unit for business education classes which provides students with exercises that allow them to estimate the income gained from full-time work and examine the costs of independent living. The areas examined are employment, housing, transportation, food, child care, clothing, medical care, and savings. (CT)

Offers guidelines for the development of a sequential college consumer education curriculum designed to help students develop competencies needed to assume roles of leadership as consumer advocates. Included are five recommended topics of study, six cognitive learner behaviors, and guidelines for the selection of activities. (SH)

Presented are suggestions for instructional content for a teaching unit or individualized learning package designed to develop the knowledge all consumers need in order to obtain the safest, fastest, and lowest-cost mail service. (LRA)

Economics, consumer education, and free enterprise education are all parts of basic business, according to the author. He provides a chart of the structure of basic business education content, arranged according to three areas of subject matter: problems area, foundational area, and relational area. (MF)

The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) enactment of a change in the time-honored concept of the holder-in-due-course applies to consumer credit sales contracts and consumer service contracts. The holder-in-due-course concept is discussed in terms of the old ruling, new ruling, effect of ruling, abuses cited by the FTC, and implications for the…

Strategies for teaching life skills are presented (such as role playing). Specific topic areas covered in the course are presented (career awareness, life-style determination, budget preparation, insurance, consumer law, and investments). The author also discusses interjecting other life situations, handling student departures, and developing…