Part of an economic education series, the course package is designed to teach basic concepts and principles of microeconomics and how they can be applied to various world problems. For use with college students, learning is gained through lectures, tutorials, textbooks, programmed text, cases, and TIPS (Teaching Information Processing System).…

The guide is one of a series for a statewide career education development project in Hawaii, based on a conceptual framework encompassing grades K-14. An introductory section in each guide includes directions for users; rationale for the project; a conceptual model (areas of individual growth, sequences of experience, and components of the…

The teacher directed guide presents resource materials for developing home economics curricula in Pennsylvania schools related to home management and family resources. Home management is described as the decision-making aspect of homemaking, requiring conscious planning, control, and evaluation of family resources to achieve satisfying family…

This subunit on totalitarianism in the USSR is part of an eleventh grade course on area studies. Following an introduction with suggested teaching strategies, the objectives for the subunit are listed as to generalizations, skills, and attitudes. A double-page format relates objectives with pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional…

This monograph, the third in a series of documents dealing with educational accountability, contains a compilation and an analysis of goal statements available from State departments of education on the direction of public education in America as reflected in State goals. Learner outcome goals are classified under the areas of (1) basic skills;…

UNESCO's Associated Schools Project developed an interregional project for secondary school students in Asia, Europe, and Latin America to study disarmament, the new international economic order, and human rights. The reasons for studying contemporary problems and choosing these issues, the stages of the project, and its evaluation are discussed.…

Asserts that the world has become more economically interdependent but that economics instruction does not adequately provide students with this knowledge or its significance. Provides a rationale for global economic education and a set of economic concepts and generalizations that would enhance understanding of global issues. (CFR)

In a typical classroom business project, students produce and sell a product to other students in their school or to parents and members of the community. Such projects can be an excellent opportunity for students to begin to develop and apply a wide range of skills and for educators to teach important economics and business concepts. This booklet…

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of nonschool economic education programs, using as specific examples three Ohio companies--The Timken Company, B. F. Goodrich, and TRW. The objectives and content of the economic programs that each of these company offers it employees are described, and the procedures used to evaluate each…

This study showed that field work in economics is enjoyed by both teachers and students and appears to be a worthwhile aid to motivation. Sixty-eight students, ages 16-18, in England who were studying introductory economics participated in the study. All field work was done in private industry. Students were surveyed before and after the course to…

This revised history/social science framework for grades K-12 is designed to be used as the basis for curriculum development at the local level in California. It can be used by teachers, curriculum specialists, school administrators, and local boards in other states as well. According to the framework, the central purpose of history/social science…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on incorporating the consumer approach in homemaking classes is the fourth in a set of four core curriculum modules on consumer approach to homemaking education. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on consumer use of the community is the first in a set of six modules on consumer education related to housing. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019 901-967.)…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on financial pressures in various life styles and cycles is the third in a set of five modules on consumer education related to human development. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on financial management is the fourth in a set of seven modules on consumer education related to management. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019 901-967.)…