Examines the role of the stability of consumer tastes in descriptive theory. Summarizes the traditional approach to the derivation of the consumer's preference structure, considers ways in which the conventional theory has been extended, presents the Stigler-Becker theory of consumer choice, and evaluates both approaches. (GEA)

This lesson plan helps students understand the role consumer demand plays in the market system, i.e., how interactions in the marketplace help determine pricing. Students will participate in an activity that demonstrates the concepts of demand, demand schedule, demand curve, and the law of demand. The lesson plan provides student objectives;…

Discusses how and where consumers may go for assistance and information when purchasing products or when seeking redress for an unsatisfactory item. (Editor)

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)

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)

Describes a six-week economics project for high school students. Suggests teaching consumer economics by having students pretend they are broke and out on their own. Discusses activities, materials, and student essays demonstrating the use and understanding of basic consumer terminology, credit, insurance, budgeting, and housing. (DK)

Introduces the topic of economic and industrial education as it applies to early childhood education, pointing out that it is crucial for educators to gain sound economic and industrial experience to provide meaningful learning experiences to their students. (MDM)

Designed for the general public and possibly suitable also for high school economics students, this pamphlet discusses a federal law that requires that the borrower as well as the lender comply with government rules relating to the use of credit in purchasing securities, even when the borrower obtains credit outside the United States. The pamphlet…

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,…

Among the major factors contributing to a concentration on consumer affairs is the emphasis placed on the need for consumer education by the 1968 Commission on Consumer Education. Consumer education today can no longer be limited to the goals of teaching an individual to maximize his own resources because no one lives in a vacuum. Every…

Undergraduate and graduate university students reveal the strengths and weaknesses in their economic and consumer economic educational backgrounds. The more recent exposure to and involvement in economic studies appears to instill a distinct confidence. (CT)

Two hundred and fifty-eight books, pamphlets, periodicals, games and simulations, films, filmstrips, multimedia packages, tours, and speakers on microeconomic analysis for consumer economics are listed in this annotated bibliography. Designed for secondary-level students, the materials were published between 1960 and 1970 by both major publishers…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This report deals with concept area three of the course, which focuses on microeconomics. The behavioral objectives, hierarchy…

The First of a four part series to help bring teachers up to date on the changes taking place in the field of economics. (GB)