Author suggests several student-centered activities using toys to introduce children to consumerism. (GB)

The ultimate goal of consumer education is becoming widely accepted as developing the individual's ability to make and execute those decisions concerning the use of his resources. (Author)

Reports an investigation of the institutional structure of the national consumer education effort in an attempt to answer questions about types of existing programs in preparation for later curriculum design and evaluation. (Editor)

Presented is a chart which helps to explain inflation to intermediate grade students. It dramatizes the cumulative effect of inflation over six years, and helps to introduce the topic of self-sufficiency, which can help alleviate the problem of inflation. (KC)

Reviews four broad clusters of concepts which are of fundamental importance for consumer economic understanding in the secondary school and gives suggestions that can be used to build a consumer economics program in the secondary school. (LRA)

Relates the ways in which the various vocational programs and student organizations are making free enterprise/consumer/economic concepts an integral part of classroom, laboratory, and community activities. Lists activities for eight vocational education program areas in Florida. (LRA)

General remarks about the field of product evaluation are followed by comments on leading practitioners such as Consumers Union, road testers, and company product evaluators. The overall situation is one of seriously flawed evaluation methodology, although the best are very useful. (SLD)

The Corning Glass Works uses a variety of consumer relations techniques--all geared to the identification of the purchasers and users of the company's products, and the promotion of a policy of dialogues with and feedback from consumers. The roles home economists play in the process is emphasized. (Author/BP)

The article gives a partial list of communications projects of a consumer economics college class in which they provide information to such consumer groups as teenagers, the elderly, low-income families; and college students. (BP)

This booklet is a simple, practical guide for managing money. It provides advice to help the reader balance expenses with income and get personal finances in order. The booklet takes the reader step by step through the processes involved in setting up a basic financial plan and shows him/her how to tailor it to fit personal needs. It explains how…

This booklet on savings and investment, 1 in a series of 12, covers all the basic aspects of personal- and family-money management. Suitable for use by high school and college students as well as adults, this handbook shows how to develop a savings and investment program based on present and future needs and goals. Section 1 overviews savings and…

This module is one of a set of seven prepared in conjunction with the title I "Project to Train Volunteer Leaders to Conduct Consumer Education Courses." It is designed to be a basic text for use in making a one-hour presentation on how to buy goods and services. An accompanying slide set is keyed to the text of the module. (An illustration of…

This paper traces the development of consumer education and of the two closely related areas of the consumer movement and economic education. It is intended for use by graduate students in the three fields, teachers of consumer and economic education, material producers, education administrators, and other policymakers, including government,…