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ERIC Number: ED482523
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2001-Nov
Pages: 605
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Housing, Furnishings, and Equipment Production, Management, and Services. Student Activity Book [and] Reference Book.
Koukel, Sonja D.
These two publications are two of three that comprise a course that provides occupationally specific training designed to develop knowledge and skills for employment in the area of housing, furnishings, and equipment production, management, and services. The reference book is a student text that provides information needed by employees in the housing, furnishings, and equipment industries. Each chapter contains a chapter focus (the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards addressed in that chapter), chapter vocabulary list, "essential questions" boxes, and chapter highlights. Topics of the 25 chapters include career opportunities; design; selection and coordination of floor plans, furnishings, and accessories; walls and ceilings; floors and floor coverings; furniture; fabrics; window treatments; bedding; safety and sanitation; tools and equipment; floral design; entrepreneurial opportunities; marketing; and customer relations. There are 11 references and an index. The student activity book contains paper-and-pencil activities that reinforce essential information presented in each chapter of the reference book. (YLB)
Texas Tech University, The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Box 41161 (15th and Akron, Human Sciences 02), Lubbock, Texas 79409-1161 (No. 1407 (Reference Book) $28; No. 1408 (Activity Book) $20). Tel: 806-742-3029; Fax: 806-742-3034; Web site: http://www.hs.ttu.edu/ccfcs/.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Students; Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences.
Identifiers - Location: Texas
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A