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Download full textEmily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc., Hartford, CT. – 1994
This learning guide on assisting the elderly and individuals with disabilities is part of a series of learning guides developed for competency-based adult consumer and homemaking education programs in community colleges, adult education centers, community centers, and the workplace. Focus is on the connections among personal, family, and job…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education
DeCicco, John; And Others – 1990
This guide discusses the global warming issue and offers a plan to facilitate a decrease in the emissions of the major greenhouse gases in the United States, including those under the control of individual citizens. A letter from the organization's president describes its involvement with the global warming issue. A brief overview presented in the…
Descriptors: Activism, Air Pollution, Biological Influences, Citizen Participation
Eastern Michigan Univ., Ypsilanti. National Inst. for Consumer Education. – 1992
Summaries are provided of 37 projects that address the credit education and information needs of consumers. The projects are supported by AT&T Universal Card Services Corp. through a fund managed by the National Coalition for Consumer Education. Each summary provides a project description, grant recipient, and address/telephone number. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Bailey, Suzanne Powers; Jeffers, Marcia – 1983
Eighteen interrelated, sequential lesson plans and supporting materials for teaching computer literacy at the elementary and secondary levels are presented. The activities, intended to be infused into the regular curriculum, do not require the use of a computer. The introduction presents background information on computer literacy, suggests a…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Advertising, Annotated Bibliographies, Art Education
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Instructional Materials Center. – 1983
This curriculum guide on clothing and textiles was developed for use in consumer and homemaking education in Texas. Introductory materials provide information on contents and use of the guide, program planning, curriculum planning, and teaching handicapped and disadvantaged students. The guide is divided into five parts, containing materials for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Exploration, Clothing, Clothing Instruction
Michigan 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)
