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Download full textHenrico County Public Schools, Glen Allen, VA. Virginia Vocational Curriculum and Resource Center. – 1995
This manual is designed to help work and family studies teachers meet the needs of students who are at risk. It uses a systematic approach to adapting the learning environment that consists of an intervention checklist and intervention strategies. The manual is divided into two general sections: Common Skills Area and Applied Skills Areas. The…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Check Lists, Child Development
Morrison-Thurston, Peggy, Comp.; And Others – 1987
This selective review of educational software provides evaluations of over 80 programs in the home economics subject area. The evaluation form highlights the concerns of sex equity (inviting to all students), content (accurate), presentation (logical, includes graphics and sound), interaction (user friendly), and use (recordkeeping, etc.). A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Clothing, Clothing Instruction
Dopkin, Doris – 1978
This publication advocates the teaching of home economics to both boys and girls, and describes some home economics programs that provide meaningful learning experiences for students of both sexes. The philosophy and legal considerations behind teaching home economics to boys are examined. Changing life styles and social pressures are considered.…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Coeducation, Consumer Education, Elementary Secondary Education
De Anza Coll., Cupertino, CA. – 1974
Six contributions from the Consumer and Homemaking Education Symposium (March 1, 1974) are included. Elaine Shudlick discussed the role of the consumer education teacher, particularly in relation to a management of personal and family finance course, illustrated by a course outline including course description, prerequisities, text and references,…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Career Planning, Clothing Instruction, Conferences
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 7, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Consumer and Homemaking." It is divided into six units: buying, child care, nutrition, clothing, family relations, and housing and household management. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's purpose, main ideas, quests, and a…
Descriptors: Career Education, Child Care, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Research Coordinating Unit. – 1968
Annotations on selected home economics research studies published since 1963 are presented. Program development studies summarize data on such topics as teacher and supervisor involvement in curriculum planning, comparison of instructional methods, curriculum evaluation, preparation for gainful employment, family finance, and attitudes toward the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
Cranston School Dept., RI. – 1979
This two-part curriculum is designed to teach elementary students basic life skills that will enable them to assume greater responsibility for themselves. Part 1, the primary curriculum, is designed for grades 3 and 4. Five units of instruction are included in the primary curriculum: home management, foods, personal cleanliness, sewing, and…
Descriptors: Cleaning, Clothing, Consumer Education, Curriculum Guides
Dewar, Margaret A.; And Others – 1974
The survey was designed to identify home economics related programs in community agencies in the central quadrant of the Syracuse City School District. Factual information and descriptive information about the programs and perceived program needs were gathered using the interview method. A grid was set up with four subject areas (food and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Clothing Instruction
Morris, Vivian Gunn; Walton, Jocelyn C. – 1987
This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers in designing lessons and activities that will reinforce mathematics skills in consumer and homemaking education programs. Included in the guide are a total of 55 mini-lessons on the following areas of home economics: child development; family relationships; foods and nutrition; consumer…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
Morris, Vivian Gunn; DiObilda, Nicholas – 1987
This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers in designing lessons and activities that will reinforce reading skills in consumer and homemaking education programs. Included in the guide are a total of 60 mini-lessons on the following areas of home economics: child development; family relationships; foods and nutrition; consumer…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
Morris, Vivian Gunn; Conroy, Kathleen – 1987
This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers in designing lessons and activities that will reinforce writing skills in consumer and homemaking education programs. Included in the guide are a total of 59 mini-lessons on the following areas of home economics: child development; family relationships; foods and nutrition; consumer…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
Johnson, Julie M. – 1986
An assessment of the needs of the economically disadvantaged measured the importance of specific home economics content for high school students. Mailed questionnaires were returned by 470 parents of economically and noneconomically disadvantaged students and representatives from the Nebraska Department of Social Services. The 136 concepts used in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Education
Pestle, Ruth – 1979
This guide is intended to assist teachers in integrating the study of aging into home economics programs. The first sections contain information on what aging means to different people and the various physical, psychological, and societal changes associated with aging. Discussed next are ways of integrating the study of aging into the following…
Descriptors: Aging Education, Aging (Individuals), Behavioral Objectives, Clothing Instruction
Rogers, Cheryl, Ed.; And Others – 1987
Chapter 1 of this document contains sets of statements adopted by either the Minnesota State Board of Education or the Minnesota State Legislature. They represent the hierarchy used by Department of Education staff as they develop model learner outcomes for each subject area. Contents include learner values, education system values, philosophy for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Provides five fully developed library media activities designed for use with specific curriculum units in art, health and nutrition, mathematics, science, and social studies. Library media skills, objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. Specific topics include aardvarks,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Clothing, Colonial History (United States), Consumer Education
