This area is difficult to teach because of the rapid changes in consumer needs. Modules were developed to assist in developing consumer qualities focusing on the processes through which information is acquired, values explored, decisions made, and action taken. The spiraling process assures repeated exposure to the processes and to concepts at…

Looks at the changing status of consumer education as a school subject. (Editor)

The active involvement of students in a study of the customs, traditions, and institutionalized ways society has organized to preserve economic stability is the goal of this consumer education teaching guide. Designed for the use of social studies teachers, units are devoted to the studies of: (1) the economic system; (2) income procurement; (3)…

The basic and traditional aim of consumer education has been to help students learn how to make the best buy and to use income to its fullest potential. (Author)

Basic information for the development of a consumer and homemaking experience-centered program in the elementary school is provided in this resource guide. Content is presented in outline form to facilitate use by both educators who do and do not have homemaking teachers on their staff. The following sections are included: (1) the homemaking…

As an interdisciplinary educational program, consumer education is an ongoing process and must not be limited to one grade level nor to one or two disciplines. When implementing a consumer education program, consideration of necessary administrative adjustments and a delineation of the steps to be followed in curriculum development should be made.…

Surveys have established that high school students are highly deficient in knowledge regarding basic topics typically covered in consumer education classes, such as economics, personal finance, and consumer rights and responsibilities. The following are among the current trends that have underscored the need for secondary consumer education: the…

The major purpose of this teaching guide is to create an awareness of the many opportunities for supplementing a vocational agriculture curriculum with needed instruction in consumer education. Following the same format as other resource supplements in this series, this publication considers (1) the economic system; (2) income procurement; (3)…

This supplemental guide was developed for the purpose of assisting secondary school teachers in the teaching of trade and industrial resource-related consumer education topics. Six main units of instruction are presented: (1) the economic system; (2) income procurement; (3) consumer behavior determinants; (4) consumer alternatives; (5) roles,…

Prepared by junior and senior high teachers, the curriculum guide is an interdisciplinary approach by the business education, home economics, and social studies departments to a consumer education course. The initial development of materials was field tested and revised; a second-year field testing of the revised curriculum and a final analysis…

This product development report is one of 21 such reports, each dealing with the developmental history of a recent educational product. Discussed here is the Developmental Economic Education Program (DEEP), which is focused on developing economic education programs to improve the understanding of economics in the nation's schools. The target…

Energy education is defined and three approaches, citizen, career, consumer, are suggested and explained. A rationale for energy education in the schools is given and the federal role in energy education is explained. The curriculum development efforts of the department of energy are mentioned and a list of energy curriculum materials is included.…

Activities described in this publicaiton are intended to provide suitable examples of consumer education problems to be used in occupational work adjustment programs. The overall themes of the program deal with income procurement and with spending. Student activities deal with factors involved in the attainment of a job, the methods by which wages…

In this monograph, the implementation of consumer education topics into the science curriculum of secondary schools is advocated. Not only is the need for such activities explained, but several suggested instructional topics are provided. One area of recommended study is that of product comparison. A model outline of operation is provided, along…

The article on LAPS describes selected parts of a LAP (sequenced learning activities, checkpoints, self-test, and teacher test), technique for developing LAPs for slow learners, and a detailed checklist for evaluating LAPs in consumer education. (Author/BP)