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Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1988
Studying home economics can help young people face the challenges families are encountering in today's increasingly complex and ever changing world. The home economics curriculum strives to help students recognize that they, through individual as well as joint efforts, can improve the standards and conditions for all, thus leading to an improved…
Descriptors: Clothing Design, Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides
Download full textGary City Public School System, IN. – 1964
GRADES OR AGES: Grade 7 and 8. SUBJECT MATTER: Home Economics: foods, clothing, and related areas. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in two main sections--food and related areas, and clothing and related areas. Each section is subdivided as follows: introduction, adopted texts and approximate length of units, special information…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Foods Instruction, Grade 7
Henrico 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
Gary City Public School System, IN. – 1964
GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7, 8, and 9. SUBJECT MATTER: Home economics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes identification of an all-purpose teaching program, content areas and rotation of students, space and equipment, an all-purpose floor plan, and guidelines for meeting pupil needs. The units for each grade are…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Foods Instruction, Grade 7
Krinke, Laurel – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1980
A program in which trainable mentally handicapped (TMH) students are taught home economics skills is described. Discusses why home economics is the area usually chosen for educating TMH, how a suitable curriculum is developed, and how this curriculum can be implemented in food classes and in clothing classes. (CT)
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Development, Foods Instruction, Home Economics
Nicholls State Univ., Thibodaux, LA. – 1986
This document contains teacher's materials for seventh- and eighth-grade courses in exploratory homemaking in Louisiana. The seventh-grade course materials are on instructional units called orientation, assuming responsibility, care of the elderly, child care and development, clothing and textiles, consumer awareness, food and nutrition, home…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Child Rearing, Clothing Instruction, Foods Instruction
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1988
This handbook is designed to provide opportunities for members of the North Carolina Association of Future Homemakers of America (FHA) to demonstrate their proficiency with the competencies they have developed through participation in FHA and the home economics education program. The 25 events are designed to help develop lifetime skills in…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Competition, Cooking Instruction, Food Service
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1966
Developed by teachers, supervisors, and teacher educators, this guide is designed to aid teachers and administrators in planning and implementing effective junior and senior high school home economics education programs. The first section of the guide covers general background information such as the purpose and role of home economics, teacher…
Descriptors: Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Economics, Foods Instruction
PIERETTI, GENEVIEVE – 1965
AS THE MODEL FOR THE GRADUATE IN HOME ECONOMICS HAS CHANGED TO ONE OF A DECISION-MAKER WHO HAS THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND MAKE JUDGMENTS FOR HIMSELF RATHER THAN APPLY PRESCRIPTIONS LEARNED IN SCHOOL, THE CONCEPT METHOD OF TEACHING HAS BECOME MORE IMPORTANT. A CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY 1961, CALLED TO CONSIDER HOW A…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Concept Teaching, Consumer Economics, Curriculum Development
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1993
This curriculum guide describes the content of the curriculum of the senior home economics program for high schools in Manitoba. The curriculum, revised to foster both intellectual and personal growth and enhance a positive life-style, encompasses primary skills of inferring, synthesizing, analyzing, and evaluating, as well as a complete range of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clothing Instruction, Course Content, Family Life Education
Bitz, Ann – 1987
This curriculum guide contains content outlines and outlines of the specific learning objectives for all courses taught in the Home Economics Department of Sweet Grass County High School, Montana. The courses are Homemaking for Today, Foods and Nutrition, Housing and Home Furnishings, Single Survival, Clothing I, Clothing II, Family Life, and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clothing Instruction, Course Content, Course Descriptions
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Three proposals for certification of home economics teachers in West Virginia are presented: Home Economics Comprehensive, Grades 7-12; Home Economics Specialization, Grades 4-8; and Home Economics Specialization, Grades 7-9. Competencies developed for each certification pattern are: (1) Child Development-Family Relations; (2) Family…
Descriptors: Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Family Relationship, Foods Instruction
Broward County School Board, Fort Lauderdale, FL. – 1970
A 3-year curriculum development project was conducted in one senior and three junior high schools to test an innovative homemaking program which would: (1) achieve the broad home economics objectives, (2) improve attitudes toward home economics, (3) assist in the development of critical thinking and independent study habits, (4) develop…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Scholl, Jan, Comp. – 1999
This bibliography contains 307 references to magazine articles that relate to the subject areas covered by family and consumer sciences courses. The references are grouped into five categories: (1) clothing and textiles; (2) foods and nutrition; (3) home improvement; (4) child development and fun things to do with children; and (5) camp crafts.…
Descriptors: Camping, Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Science
