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Download full textMichigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1983
Designed for use in Michigan junior high schools in conjunction with the publication "Essential Performance Objectives for the Social Studies," this handbook contains over 175 social studies learning activities. Material is divided into three sections. (1) An extensive introduction considers methods for improving classroom teaching. Topics…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Objectives, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Curriculum Center. – 1983
This document was developed for the purposes of (1) outlining the competencies and subcompetencies to be developed in vocational home economics classes in Texas; (2) providing guidance to teachers for local program planning; and (3) serving as a means of communicating the scope and content of vocational home economics education in Texas to others.…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Competence
Carsky, Mary L., Ed. – 1990
Among these education-related papers in this collection are "Consumer Issues and the Elderly" (Moon); "The Relationship between Perceived Life Satisfaction and Measures of Economic Well-Being" (Douthitt, MacDonald, Mullis); "Research Data Priorities as Assessed by Users" (Chern, Hushak, Tweeten); "New Directions in Data, Information Systems and…
Descriptors: Adults, Baby Boomers, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1987
This guide is designed to help classroom teachers implement the Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics K-12. It is inclusive also of the objectives tested by the Stanford Achievement Tests and the Alabama Basic Competency Tests. One characteristic of the curriculum guide is that it clearly states what students should learn in each grade level. These…
Descriptors: Computation, Consumer Education, Course Content, Equations (Mathematics)
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1987
This guide is designed to help classroom teachers implement the Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics K-12. It is inclusive also of the objectives tested by the Stanford Achievement Tests and the Alabama Basic Competency Tests. One characteristic of the curriculum guide is that it clearly states what students should learn in each grade level. These…
Descriptors: Banking, Consumer Education, Course Content, Credit (Finance)
Marshall Univ., Huntington, WV. Dept. of Home Economics. – 1982
This list of competencies and learner outcomes is the product of a 2-day meeting held to develop competencies for a new consumer and homemaking course for 9th and 10th grade students. Included in the list are competencies pertaining to the following program areas: responsibility and self-image, coping with today, family living and parenthood…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Awareness, Child Development, Child Rearing
Levine, Marjorie C. – 1986
This guide was written to aid home economics teachers in developing a greater understanding and use of basic skills in the home economics curriculum. The objectives of this guide are (1) to expand the awareness of underlying mathematics and science principles in the consumer and vocational home economics curriculum and (2) to provide a bank of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Competence
Home Economics Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1985
In May 1977, the governing bodies of three professional organizations concerned with vocational home economics education (the American Home Economics Association, the American Vocational Association, and the Home Economics Education Association) formed a coalition. Consisting of two representatives of each organization, the coalition has as its…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Consumer Education, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making Skills
Maynes, E. Scott, Ed.; And Others – 1988
The following papers are included: "JFK's Four Consumer Rights" (Lampman); "Product Safety" (Gerner); "Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Product Safety Regulation" (Crandall); "CPCS's Voluntary Standards" (Ault); "Consumer Safety and Issue Emergence Process" (Mayer); "Reflections on Research in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advertising, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Economics
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1988
The Missouri state plan for vocational education for 1989-1990 calls for increasing the rate and quality of the participation of targeted populations (handicapped, disadvantaged, adults, single parents/homemakers, persons seeking job training in occupations that are nontraditional for their gender, and incarcerated persons) at appropriate…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Counseling, Career Education, Compliance (Legal)
Hyler, Eric; Hyler, Linda – 1981
Designed as a 4-9 week cumulative unit on economics for junior high school classes, this award-winning program introduces students to the economic bases of past, present, and future American lifestyles. Following introductory information on the authors, rationale, and objectives, a suggested 6-week lesson plan is presented designed to help…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Study, Computer Assisted Instruction, Consumer Education
Zelenak, Mel J. – 1984
Cooperation among the various suppliers of consumer education programs and materials is needed. Consumer education has many problems, e.g., lack of substantial support from the federal level and an audience limited mostly to underachievers. But the greatest problem is that consumer educators consider themselves to be home economists or business…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Involvement, Consumer Education, Cooperative Planning
Levine, Marjorie; Martin, Marlys – 1987
This guide is designed to provide an overview of the total curriculum for Level I Home Economics. Three scope and sequence options and block plans for periods that are 9, 18, and 36 weeks in length are suggested. The six subject areas (and concept areas) are child development (child as individual, babysitting, job skills), clothing and textiles…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Planning, Careers, Child Caregivers
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1982
This teaching guide contains guidelines for conducting a secondary-level general business course. Intended to serve as an introduction to business and consumer fundamentals, the course provides socioeconomic background useful to students seeking vocational preparation for office and clerical occupations. The goals and objectives of the course are…
Descriptors: Accounting, Banking, Behavioral Objectives, Business
Sampson, Sue Scott; And Others – 1976
Determining which brand of a product is the best buy for a specific use is the challenge of this Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) unit. The challenge is general enough to apply to many problem-solving situations in mathematics, science, social science, and language arts at any elementary school level (grades 1-8).…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
