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Download full textMaxey, Phyllis F. – 1983
Designed to help secondary school students understand employment practices and prepare for future job interviews, this 5-day unit focuses on the interplay among businesses, employees, and the government in determining fair hiring practices. Two sections include a teacher's guide and a student activity packet. Following an overview of activities…
Descriptors: Business, Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Economics Education
Spitze, Hazel Taylor, Ed. – 1982
These conference proceedings examine the interrelationships between work life and family life and explore ways in which home economics education can contribute to the solution of attendant problems. The opening session includes a welcome and an introduction to the topic. Other papers address (1) the evolution of the role of women; (2) inflation…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors, Employed Parents
Webb, Farren – 1980
These consumer education activities will help secondary students become aware of the social and economic problems they will be encountering after they graduate. Interdisciplinary in nature, the activities can be used in a number of ways. They can be integrated into the curriculum through U.S. history, modern problems, sociology, psychology, home…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Daily Living Skills, Food, Home Economics Education
Wolken, Lawrence C. – 1985
Background information and resources to help K-12 social studies teachers prepare today's youth to cope with the problems that conquering space is sure to bring are provided in this guide. The first part of the guide focuses on political, social, and economic issues that may arise as humans attempt to conquer space. Discussed are the international…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conflict, Economic Factors, Economics Education
Myers, John W. – 1984
Intended for use by secondary school teachers in all subject areas, this booklet provides research based information designed to make writing a learning process. Following brief discussions of the writing-to-learn concept, the importance of writing in all curricular areas, and steps in developing a writing across the curriculum program, the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Business Education, Content Area Writing, Educational Philosophy
Hedstrom, Judith E. – 1977
The selective, annotated bibliography provides junior high and secondary school teachers with an overview of current materials and resources in economics. Although the primary focus of the bibliography is on the teaching and learning of economics as a social science discipline, some materials also reflect trends in personal and consumer economics.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Cycles, Class Activities, Consumer Economics
Carta, Elizabeth – 1976
Techniques are described which were used to develop and establish the Young Parents Program, a pilot project used to develop and expand the homebound instruction function of Norwalk Hospital by providing broadening family functioning type experiences to pregnant girls in the Norwalk, Connecticut, schools. The instructional objectives listed are…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Day Care, Family Life Education
Armstrong, David G. – 1977
The paper assesses the degree of understanding about the free enterprise system gained by participants in a one-month summer inservice teacher training institute. Developed in response to a 1973 Texas House Bill which mandated the inclusion of free enterprise education in the secondary curriculum, the institute suggests major topics, concepts, and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Capitalism, Cognitive Objectives, Concept Formation
Boogaert, John – 1978
This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on societal changes affecting the consumer habits of individual living units is the first in a set of five modules on consumer education related to human development. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Competency Based Teacher Education, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Boogaert, John – 1978
This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on consumer aspects of parenthood is the fifth in a set of five modules on consumer education related to human development. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Competency Based Teacher Education, Consumer Education, Day Care Centers
Smith, Sharman – 1978
This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on management view of the multiple role is the sixth in a set of seven modules on consumer education related to management. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Competency Based Teacher Education, Consumer Education, Educational Objectives
Fraas, John W. – 1979
The effectiveness of the simulation-gaming method of instruction as opposed to the lecture-discussion method in teaching a college introductory economics course is examined. One hundred and twenty Ashland College freshmen were tested to determine their knowledge, interest, and training in economics; retention of knowledge seven weeks after the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis
Kipps, Paul H.; And Others – 1977
This paper presents the results of a study designed to provide an empirical test of a learning theory proposed by McKenzie and Staaf in which the student effort enters as an argument in the learning achievement function. The model states that final achievement in economics is equal to the initial stock of knowledge plus improvement, where…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Gains
POLLOCK, KATHRYN M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
REPLACING "HOMEMAKING EDUCATION FOR ADULTS," PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN 1956, THIS GUIDE INCLUDES EDUCATION FOR PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIVING AND FOR OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS. IT SHOULD BE HELPFUL TO ADULT EDUCATION DIRECTORS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SUPERVISORS OF HOME ECONOMICS, AND AREA-CENTER PROGRAM PLANNERS. IT…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Community Study
CHADDERDON, HESTER; FANSLOW, ALYCE M. – 1966
PROFESSIONAL MAGAZINES, RESEARCH REVIEWS, AND 500 THESES AND DISSERTATIONS WERE CONSIDERED IN SELECTING 159 RESEARCH STUDIES FOR REVIEW. STUDIES CONCERNED WITH TEACHER EDUCATION WERE INCLUDED BUT ADULT EDUCATION WAS EXCLUDED. THE PERIOD FROM 1959 TO 1966 IS COVERED. TOPICS ARE (1) PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES, (2) MANPOWER NEEDS AND EMPLOYMENT…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Equipment
