There is a need to supplement skill-oriented training in personnel training programs and career development programs with basic economic education to help an employee understand his roles as consumer, employee, citizen, and entrepreneur. (AG)

If consumer educators are going to survive in their field, they're going to have to be (1) selective, (2) very knowledgeable of their specialization, (3) and willing to use both traditional classroom educational methods and some of the newer techniques. Because consumer problems have become so pervasive and complex, it becomes necessary to…

Consumer information products were analysed in a project to provide objective, comparative information on such products. This list presents the analysis for each of 178 consumer information products in the areas of reading, mathematics, social studies, exceptional children/learning disabilities, career education/vocational education, English,…

One of three projects reported by the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory included analysis of 178 existing consumer information products. Steps in the analytical scheme were preparation of an annotated bibliography and development of a plan for providing objective, comparative information on such products. These were found in the…

This publication for teachers focuses on one specific content area of consumer education--financial planning. The first major section begins by identifying eight competencies in financial planning education. It describes the financial planning process used to anticipate changes in moving from one stage of life to another, choosing the options, and…

Data on football injuries acquired from surveillance sources and in-depth investigations are presented. Results of the study are summarized by descriptions of the accident sequence, diagnosis of the injury, and specific equipment involved in the injury. (JD)

This handbook contains model lessons on consumer education for use with intermediate, junior high, and high school students. The handbook was developed as a result of a grant which the Social Science Education Consortium received to conduct three consumer education workshops for approximately 100 Colorado teachers and school administrators. Many…

Descriptions of more than 200 international consumer organizations are provided in this directory. Each section is organized by country (57 total) and begins by listing the country's consumer organization(s). Where additional information is included, it is given in the following sequence: principal local consumer organizations, principal public…

Based on the concept of "buyer's rights," this message details the following Presidential recommendations concerning consumer protection: 1) An Office of Consumer Affairs in the Executive Office of the President, with new legislative standing, an expanded budget, and greater responsibilities; 2) A Division of Consumer Protection in the…

This guidebook cautions the potential vocational school student about the possibilities of false claims, poor training, and unreliable job promises from commercial trade, technical business, and correspondence schools. It points out what sort of things to look for and which claims to take seriously. Defenses against an aggressive sales pitch are…

This guide is intended to assist educators in establishing and organizing consumer education programs for Americans beyond the high school years. It is primarily a tool for tailoring basic consumer curricula to the special characteristics and needs of adult students. Suggestions are given for possible content areas, illustrations are given of…

This monograph provides an annotated listing of suggested audiovisual materials which teachers should consider as they plan consumer education programs. The materials are divided into a general section on consumer education and a section on specific topics, such as credit, decision making, health, insurance, money management, and others. The…

Certain areas in the social studies can be effectively taught in a non-classroom setting. This experiment determined if, in a supermarket situation, consumer preferences (as measured in sales figures and augmented by questionnaire data) could be altered by the addition of nutritional information to the labels of sixteen items which had moderate…

This is the seventh in a series of reports from the U. S. Metric Study, conducted by the National Bureau of Standards, focusing on the effects of increasing metric usage on the consumer American. Information on three areas--the level of knowledge of the American about the metric system, problems which would be encountered with a national policy of…

This volume explores the problem of taking an intelligent approach to advertising. Curriculum materials are provided for three conceptual levels of this problem and include objectives, directed activities, suggestions for feedback to students, a list of materials required for teaching each stage, and teacher references. Support materials include…