Provides six examples of ways to individualize instruction in the areas of nutrition and consumer education. (SB)

In Columbia, a planned city in Maryland, apartments and homes for low-to middle-income families are now being built. C Extension agents are helping the residents plan, buy, and make their home furnishings. (EB)

Describes a problem solving teaching approach that can be used in dealing with real problems in the home economics classroom. (FL)

Reports the results of a study designed to determine student and advisor attitudes toward the extent to which the nationally established purposes of the Future Homemakers of America (FHA) were being achieved in Wisconsin Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) chapters. (Author)

Discusses a survey of the 1977 fiscal year research activity of 301 home economics units in institutions not associated with the land-grant system. (Author)

A home economics education system is described which provides an organized method of examining present offerings, exploring innovative ideas for the future, identifying community and student needs, and locating resources for implementation as well as for assessment. Includes a section on where to find money resources. (CT)

Reports a study of student attitudes toward videotaped presentations and contrasts live and videotaped presentations in an undergraduate home economics course using a 14-item instrument. (RAO)

Discusses philosophy and approaches for relating futurism to home economics education and ways in which future planning can be incorporated into home economics curriculum. Describes objectives and activities for presenting futurism in teaching housing and child development. (MF)

Elements involved in organizing and conducting the Drexel University's annual student fashion design program are discussed. (TA)

Hestian home economics focuses on the private systems of love, care, and connection in households and families. Teaching approaches within a Hestian framework include attending to classroom social relations and physical structures, and using oral history, service learning, and critical reflection. (SK)

A survey of housing/consumer economics and social work alumni received responses from 38 African American and 50 white graduates. Likely sources of financial support for whites were parents, and for African Americans, grants. African Americans had significantly higher social support from churches, whites from sororities/fraternities. There were no…

Examines the assumptions, potential contributions, and limitations of the empirical/analytical approach to knowledge construction. Three broad goals are suggested for critical thinking research in home economics education: (1) development of appropriate definitions; (2) development of generalizations about the use of thinking skills in home…