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Kihm, Holly S.; McGregor, Sue L. T. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2020
Well-being and wellness have long been the mantra of the family and consumer (FCS) profession (Brown, 1993). This paper shares the results of a decade review (2009-2019) of the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences' (AAFCS) two major periodicals relative to their coverage of well-being and wellness. Specifically, we focused on the…
Descriptors: Wellness, Well Being, Literature Reviews, Home Economics
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Tamir, Eran; Davidson, Roei – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2020
Establishing Financial Literacy (FL) programs for K-12 students is an emerging concern for policymakers worldwide. Such programs esteem the market a preferred arena for economic decision-making than the civic arena. In parallel, media organizations in many capitalist economies are devoting increasing resources to popular coverage of finance, which…
Descriptors: Money Management, Knowledge Level, Consumer Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Lynch, Karen E. – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBG Act, as amended) is the main federal law governing child care programs for low-income working families. The CCDBG Act authorizes discretionary appropriations to support grants to state, territorial, and tribal lead agencies. Lead agencies use these funds to subsidize the child care…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Federal Aid, Grants, Child Care
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McGregor, Sue L. T. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2019
This paper respects the emergent interest in the link between family and consumer sciences (FCS) and the STEM and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) movements. The nature of our involvement with these movements has an impact on future proofing the profession; therefore, two lines of inquiry are proposed. Should the…
Descriptors: Correlation, STEM Education, Art Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Mohelska, Hana; Zubr, Vaclav – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
This article is focused on the financial literacy of elementary students as a part of a lifelong education. The introduction covers the concept of financial literacy and the development of financial education in EU countries and in the Czech Republic. It also presents the strategic documents that have been gradually published. It turns out that…
Descriptors: Money Management, Consumer Education, Lifelong Learning, Elementary School Students
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Laverghetta, Antonio – College Student Journal, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine if a significant relationship exists between measures of anti-intellectualism, classroom incivility, academic entitlement, and consumerist attitudes towards the concept of college life. A sample of college students completed an online survey that comprised these issues. The prediction was supported as…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Correlation, Anti Intellectualism, Undergraduate Students
Kargin, Tolga – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
In recent years, virtual play spaces have become enormously popular among young children around the world. As yet, though, there has been relatively little research into the ways in which children interact on such sites and what they learn in the process. This article describes a study of kids' experiences with one such virtual world, Club…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Children, Learning Processes, Computer Games
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González-Calvo, Gustavo; Gallego-Lema, Vanesa; Gerdin, Göran; Bores-García, Daniel – European Physical Education Review, 2022
Visual culture affects the way people understand the world and themselves, contributing to the creation of certain roles and stereotypes, some of which are related to body image. This study focused on interrogating future physical education teachers' beliefs about the body and physical activity to understand the construction of bodily…
Descriptors: Human Body, Self Concept, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Activities
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Renwick, Kerry; Smith, Mary Gale – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2020
Food literacy (FL) has become a key concept for many family and consumer sciences/home economics (FCS/HE) professionals, especially those with specializations in dietetics and nutrition, food studies, and education. References to food literacy have grown exponentially since its first mention in the 1990s (Begley & Vidgen, 2016) and are used…
Descriptors: Food, Literacy, Dietetics, Nutrition
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Selby, David; Kagawa, Fumiyo – Journal of Transformative Education, 2018
Unchecked climate change poses a self-inflicted existential risk to humanity as it exacerbates the multiple-crisis syndrome facing global society. In international policy, education for sustainable development is widely flagged as transformative. To realize that transformative potential, sustainability educators are exploring the nexus between…
Descriptors: Climate, Transformative Learning, Risk, Sustainable Development
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Paul, Rik; Ponnam, Abhilash – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2018
Services are intangible in nature. For a marketing educator, it is difficult to illustrate to students the means of creating favorable customer experiences through standard lectures or case studies in a services context, considering this intangibility property. This paper describes a simple role playing game that uses the Chinese puzzle 'Tangram'…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Retailing, Distributive Education, Business Administration Education
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Gau, Wen-Bing – SAGE Open, 2019
Based on an exploration of the marketing strategies employed in senior citizens' communities of practice (CoPs), this study proposes that the concept of co-construction derived from learning theory is indispensable in Marketing 4.0, which builds on offline and online interaction between and among consumers and the providers of particular goods and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Attitudes, Marketing
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Gok, Ibrahim Yasar; Ozkale, Abdullah – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2019
This research investigates whether the undergraduate education experience in Turkey affects financial literacy (FL) levels of university students. A survey study was carried out in Suleyman Demirel University (Isparta, Turkey). Students from 7 departments under the fields of natural and applied sciences, social sciences, and health sciences were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Money Management, Knowledge Level, Undergraduate Study
US Financial Literacy and Education Commission, 2019
Mastering financial knowledge and gaining financial skills and habits are important building blocks to help children and youth be better prepared to make important financial decisions. Financial capability establishes a strong foundation for young people to fully participate in the economy and financial system as they enter adulthood. Also,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Money Management, Banking, Children
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Reiboldt, Wendy; Stanley, Sue; Coffey, Kitty R.; Whaley, Heather M.; Yazadjian, Ani; Yates, Amy M.; Kihm, Holly; Wanga, Pamela E.; Martin, Lynda; Olle, Mary; Anderson, Melinda – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2018
This article features eight AAFCS-accredited academic units in higher education to illustrate how the Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge (FCS-BOK) can be integrated into program curricula and educational procedures or structures. Contributors represent the following educational institutions (listed and presented in alphabetical order):…
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Family Life Education, Consumer Education, Higher Education
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