A Multi-Theory Lens Analysis of Project Real World--A Canadian Consumer Education Curriculum.

McGregor, Sue L. T.; ChirChir, Valentine; Couch, Rose; Jobolingo, Dorothy; Manyenga, Grace; Pothier, Michelle

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ERIC Number: EJ569805

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Publication Date: 1998

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A Multi-Theory Lens Analysis of Project Real World--A Canadian Consumer Education Curriculum.

McGregor, Sue L. T.; ChirChir, Valentine; Couch, Rose; Jobolingo, Dorothy; Manyenga, Grace; Pothier, Michelle

Canadian Home Economics Journal, v48 n2 p40-44 Spr 1998

Analysis of a consumer education curriculum identified the extent to which modules reflected the perspectives of systems theory, life cycle model, economic exchange theory, and family member involvement model. Results showed that the curriculum assumes students live in nuclear families, neglects effect of consumer decisions on the environment, and overemphasizes economic exchange theory. (SK)

Descriptors: Consumer Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries, Learning Modules, Theories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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