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Jordan, Betty Jo; And Others – 1979
This publication contains descriptions of 100 courses for use by local education agencies in updating their Adult Consumer and Homemaking program offerings in response to new legislative and policy rulings. Courses are divided into these six categories: (1) Family Living and Parenthood Education (18 courses), (2) Nutrition (16 courses), (3)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Child Development, Child Rearing
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
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

Balkwell, Carolyn; And Others – Journal of Home Economics, 1986
Suggests ways that teams of home economists, integrating information from constituent fields of the discipline, may provide important services to hospices. Suggestions are included from the areas of human development and family relations, foods and nutrition, housing and interior design, clothing and textiles, and financial management and decision…
Descriptors: Clothing, Decision Making, Demography, Family Relationship
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
Kohlmann, Eleanore L. – 1975
Intended as a resource guide from which teachers select material appropriate to their needs and students, the document presents curricular suggestions for senior high school males under five major areas: (1) human development and the family, (2) personal and family economics, (3) textiles and clothing, (4) food and nutrition, and (5) housing. Each…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Family Life Education

Marshall Univ., Huntington, WV. Dept. of Home Economics. – 1973
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
Duval County School Board, Jacksonville, FL. – 1975
Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of seven terminal objectives for a 6- to 9-week orientation to home economics occupations course for seventh grade students. The titles of the seven terminal objectives are Overview, Human Care Cluster, Food and Nutrition, Home Service Cluster,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Clothing
Public Service Co. of Colorado, Denver. – 1979
This energy activity guide, developed and field tested in Colorado, presents teaching units and strategies to aid home economics teachers to teach energy management. The guide is divided into six subject areas: introduction (background information on energy use and conservation); foods and nutrition; clothing and textiles; housing and home…
Descriptors: Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Conservation Education, Course Content
Morris, Vivian Gunn; Walton, Jocelyn C. – 1987
This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers in designing lessons and activities that will reinforce mathematics skills in consumer and homemaking education programs. Included in the guide are a total of 55 mini-lessons on the following areas of home economics: child development; family relationships; foods and nutrition; consumer…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
Morris, Vivian Gunn; DiObilda, Nicholas – 1987
This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers in designing lessons and activities that will reinforce reading skills in consumer and homemaking education programs. Included in the guide are a total of 60 mini-lessons on the following areas of home economics: child development; family relationships; foods and nutrition; consumer…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
Morris, Vivian Gunn; Conroy, Kathleen – 1987
This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers in designing lessons and activities that will reinforce writing skills in consumer and homemaking education programs. Included in the guide are a total of 59 mini-lessons on the following areas of home economics: child development; family relationships; foods and nutrition; consumer…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
Wallace, Sharon A., Ed. – 1978
This bulletin contains sets of learning experiences and emphasizes the multiple effects of classroom experiences. These effects are referred to as concomitant learning or the student's affective incidental learning. In an article preceding the area materials, the teacher is identified as the classroom's most important hidden persuader, and the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Communication, Clothing Instruction, Early Childhood Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development. – 1974
The new guidelines constitute a supplement to the New York State Syllabus for a Comprehensive Program: Home Economics Education. This new approach provides guidelines for reorganizing the program for Grades 5 and 6 into four basic subject areas and six content emphases. The four subject areas are: human development; housing, furnishing and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clothing, Course Content, Curriculum Development