The Financial Capability and Asset Building (FCAB) for All Grand Challenge provides an impetus to increase financial content in social work education so that students and practitioners are prepared for practice that includes finances. This teaching note will describe the rationale for including FCAB within social work education and the fit with…

Many students ignore or underappreciate the important role that financial and accounting considerations have on the formulation and implementation of realistic and ultimately effective strategies. This article describes an exercise that helps build the ability to integrate strategic thinking with financial analysis. Its purpose is to help students…

Outlines and discusses an activity-based economics course that will teach secondary students in Great Britain about money and banking. Examines course content and objectives, resources, teaching methods, and assessment techniques. (RM)

Consumer Mathematics II is described as a one-year course for students in grades 9-12 who choose not to take an algebra course, but who need to broaden their mathematical understanding and skills. This curriculum guide is designed to be used in conjunction with a planbook and used as a resource in terms of long-range (semester or year) and…

This teacher's guide contains four units for the farm and family management program, a three-year educational program through which farm families have the opportunity to participate in group and individualized instruction. The program is intended to help provide basic farm and home management information to farm families to meet the changes of the…

In 2004, Commissioner of Education D. Kent King appointed a statewide task force to study Missouri high schools and make recommendations on strengthening the ways they help students prepare for life after high school. The State Board of Education adopted the following recommendations in 2005 and 2006. The State Board of Education increased minimum…

This textbook is second in a series of three volumes presenting a mathematics course for junior high school and six-year high schools. This volume covers algebra, and arithmetic related to trade, transportation, industry, building, banking, corporations, home life, farming, community life, civic life, investments, and mensuration. [For Book I, see…

A community college business teacher describes his experiences in teaching innercity teenagers the basics of economics and business. The summer course used a television sitcom and participatory activities to explore success, attracting mentors, time management, and related topics. Student formative evaluations gave insight into class management…

Patterns that emerged from reviewing syllabi for 12 courses on higher education finance are discussed. The prevailing purpose of the course appeared to be to provide an introduction to fiscal problems and issues in higher education. Some courses did, however, go beyond the introductory stages to analyze the economics of higher education. Most…

This document contains vocational education program courses standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for exploratory courses, practical arts courses, and job preparatory programs offered at the secondary or postsecondary level in Florida. Each program courses standard is composed of two parts: a curriculum framework and…

This curriculum guide is intended to assist business teachers in enabling students to develop consumer-business and socioeconomic competencies necessary for success in this competitive free enterprise system. Introductory materials include suggested teacher activities. Materials for 12 units are provided. Each unit contains these components: time…

This guide presents, in syllabus form, an outline training program for rehabilitation teachers, supervisors, and related staff to provide educational information and experience-oriented training in innovative techniques of teaching legally blind adults. It begins with a checklist of points to remember in teaching blind and visually impaired adults…

These three instruction manuals are designed as aids for faculty and staff teaching consumer education, nutrition, and parenting. They include resources for teaching limited English speaking students. A 17-page Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) annotated bibliography precedes the instruction manuals. Each manual consists of 18 units.…

This guide is designed to provide job-relevant tasks, performance objectives, performance guides, resources, teaching activities, and instructional resources for teaching consumer education I and II in South Carolina. It may be used with any teaching method selected by the instructor. Consumer Education I contains four units: demonstrate…

This curriculum outline provides secondary and postsecondary instructors with detailed information on student learning outcomes for completion of the business education program requirements. A program overview discusses the aims of education; secondary school philosophy; and career preparation programs and their goals, organization, and…