ERIC Number: ED279908
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 245
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Illinois Vocational Home Economics Curriculum Guide. Addenda.
Keenan, Dorothy; And Others
These addenda are divided into eight sections. Section 1 contains content and activities for teaching the practical application of science and mathematics in home economics classes. A number of activities are suggested for specific topics and objectives. Some general ideas for learning experiences are listed. Section 2 provides entrepreneurship transparency masters and teacher materials, including a content outline, selected bibliography, and lists of resource people and resource material. Section 3 is a fashion/fabric coordinator program. It presents a program flowchart, content outline, and activities. Section 4 is a unit entitled "High Touch in a High Tech Society." It contains a topic outline and activities on dealing with technological change. Section 5 provides quality indicators for use in assessing program components. Section 6 contains recommendations of the State Superintendent for the State Board of Education regarding its policy on the definition of schooling and the state's expectations for student learning. Section 7 contains materials for a companion course on interacting with the elderly, entitled "Understanding of and Employment with the Elderly." A content outline and activities are provided. Section 8 provides materials on computer selection, computer glossary, sources of home economics-related software, and brief descriptions of software. (YLB)
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Course Descriptions, Courseware, Curriculum Guides, Educational Policy, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Industry, Home Economics, Learning Activities, Mathematics, Media Selection, Occupational Home Economics, Older Adults, Program Evaluation, Sciences, Secondary Education, Standards, Technological Advancement, Transparencies
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education.
Authoring Institution: Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education.
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Note: For the curriculum guide, see ED 220 639.