The four target areas of focus for Education for Parenthood activities and resources are listed together with eight unifying concepts. The changes made, and those yet to come, in the educational programs offering a parenthood education curriculum are itemized. (AG)

In designing clothing to serve a particular function, home economics students developed an appreciation for a variety of interrelationships, and possibilities for contributions in the functional design of clothing became apparent. (AG)

Because introductory economics courses must cover extensive amounts of material in relatively short periods of time, many instructors are de-emphasizing economic theory and using a problems approach. The Gross National Product is utilized by the author as a teaching model which presents many aspects of economic theory within a single conceptual…

Contends the downward-sloping aggregate demand curve is a simple and effective tool for analyzing factors that influence activity in the economy. Develops arguments against claims that other factors distort the reliability of the downward-sloping aggregate demand curve. States that textbooks should continue using this concept. (RKM)

The field of home economics has generally been neglected within the literature focused on women, feminism, and education. Data concerning gender equity often measure women's achievements by their inroads into fields formerly dominated by men. (MT)

Describes a sequence of five activities designed to introduce primary school children to the role of trade unions. Includes a list of resources for trade union studies. (Author/JDH)

Maintains that the Aba P. Lerner alternative for calculating arc elasticity is superior to the commonly used mean prices and quantities method typically used in intermediate microeconomics courses. (JDH)

Demonstrates a simple and useful way to compare the elasticity of demand at each price (or quantity) for different demand curves. The technique is particularly useful for the intermediate microeconomic course. (Author)

Describes nine experiments designed to illustrate different applied statistical problems or econometric techniques suitable for the first course in econometrics. Additional information and computer programs are available from the authors. (Author/RM)

Provides marketing and distributive education (MDE) teachers with a framework for integrating specific economic concepts within seven common MDE units of instruction. Suggests appropriate teaching activities as well as some current and future economic issues that should be considered in MDE curriculum development activities. (JOW)

Provides a framework for reflecting upon some of the reports on the status of American education and implications for home economics education. Urges the home economics profession to respond to these reports in a meaningful manner. (JOW)

Intended as an aid to college level economics teachers, this article traces the theoretical development of the accelerator principle, as applied to investment theory. It also reviews the many investment theories that have utilized the accelerator principle for empirical testing and summarizes some of their findings. (Author/RM)