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Mutterer, Richard H.; And Others – 1975
One of three supplements which accompany chapter 7 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning the family core, communication skills, and mathematics skills components of the educational services…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Communication Skills, Consumer Education
Beaulieu, Barbara; And Others – 1980
This unit of instruction on selection and living styles for energy conservation in single-family and multi-family housing and mobile homes was designed for use by home economics teachers in Florida high schools and by home economics extension agents as they work with their clientele. It is one of a series of 11 instructional units (see note)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Conservation Education, Construction Materials, Consumer Education
Daugherty, Mabel H. – 1981
A project was undertaken to plan a consumer education program and delivery system for elderly persons in the six-county Bootheel area of Southeast Missouri. Included among the project's activities were the following: (1) assessing the needs and qualifications for consumer education programs for the elderly through a literature search and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development
Erickson, Susan, Comp.; Martin, Joan, Ed. – 1978
These curriculum materials represent a child care unit in a home management program which is concerned with consumer and family studies. The curriculum unit is designed to help young adolescents work successfully with small children. A career focus, that of baby sitter or child caregiver, forms the unit's conceptual framework. This publication…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Opportunities
Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Pittsburgh, PA. – 1978
This manual identifies activities and resources for infusing consumer education into English, social studies, science, mathematics, and home economics courses in grades five through eight. The activities are intended to help students recognize their rights and responsibilities as consumers in our society and make intelligent decisions in light of…
Descriptors: Activities, Behavioral Objectives, Bibliographies, Competency Based Education
Download full textSan Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, CA. – 1974
An outline is presented for a one-semester course in "people liberation" which can be incorporated into social studies, consumer education, family education, or womens studies programs. Designed for senior high school, the course explores masculine and feminine roles in contemporary American society and helps students understand themselves as…
Descriptors: Body Image, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Education, Course Objectives
Instructional Objectives Exchange, Los Angeles, CA. – 1968
This collection contains 74 cognitive objectives and related test items for home economics instruction in grades 7-9. It is organized into the following categories: child development--including toys, babysitting, and home discipline; clothing and textiles; consumer practices; foods and nutrition; and home management and family economics. Each…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Clothing, Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Tests
Sawatzky, Joyce – 1978
Intended for use by vocational home economics teachers in grades 11 and 12, this curriculum guide provides preparation for students to assume the roles of homemakers and wage earners. The seven sections included are subdivided into two or more units and consist of the following topics: (1) career planning, which also encompasses job search methods…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Clothing Instruction, Competency Based Education, Consumer Economics
Speers, Mary Lou – 1978
This guide provides a framework to help secondary teachers and students explore the growing societal problems of shoplifting. The guide can be used in inservice programs as well. Five sessions are designed to inform students of the social, legal, and economic aspects of stealing. In these sessions, students define shoplifting, discuss the types of…
Descriptors: Business Education, Civil Liberties, Class Activities, Consumer Education
Hackettstown High School, NJ. – 1978
This volume is the second of a two-volume curriculum manual (see also ED 147 486) for teachers which contains materials designed for use in implementing the World of Related Knowledge and Educational Development (WORK-ED) program. (This program is a career education course for ninth graders developed to enable students who have not chosen the…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Virginia State Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Richmond, VA. – 1979
This document is an annotated bibliography of audio-visual aids in the field of consumer education, intended especially for use among low-income, elderly, and handicapped consumers. It was developed to aid consumer education program planners in finding audio-visual resources to enhance their presentations. Materials listed include 293 resources…
Descriptors: Adults, Advertising, Audiovisual Aids, Consumer Education
Eisenstein, Fannie – 1979
This six-part report summarizes the 1978-1979 activities of the Division of Continuing Education and Extension Services at the New York City Community College. Part I discusses tuition courses and programs, including a program for Head Start staff and parents on the mainstreaming of handicapped children, a symposium on hearing aid technology in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Annual Reports
Benson, Ann – 1973
Seven home economics curriculum areas for grade 10 are presented in this guide, with each area consisting of one or more instructional units as follows: (1) Career Exploration (obtaining a job, progress on the job, business etiquette); (2) Child Development (guiding the preschool child, middle childhood); (3) Clothing and Textiles (labeling,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Career Exploration, Child Care
Carbon - Lehigh Intermediate Unit, Schnecksville, PA. – 1978
The third of three guidelines for teaching sequential skills to handicapped children focuses on prevocatonal and practical life skills. Objectives are listed for the following areas (sample subcategories in parentheses): application forms (driver's permit, social security benefits); banking; buying (supermarket skills); budgeting; food preparation…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Banking, Behavioral Objectives, Budgeting
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1977
The document is the first in a series of four competency-based inservice teacher education modules in consumer education. Each of the modules is self-contained and can be completed by teachers at their own rate. The main objective of the program is to assist curriculum developers and elementary and secondary classroom teachers as they plan,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
