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In-Service Home Economics Teachers' Attitudes to the Integration of Sustainable Topics in the Home Economics Subject
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Erjavšek, Martina; Lovšin Kozina, Francka; Kostanjevec, Stojan – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2021
Education for sustainable development is essential for the well-being of present and future generations and is one of the key objectives in the discipline of home economics. The purpose of this research was to ascertain whether in-service teachers of home economics recognise the opportunities to educate students about sustainable development in…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Development
Segmenting Educational Content: Long-Form vs. Short-Form Online Learning Modules
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Méndez-Carbajo, Diego; Wolla, Scott A. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2019
This article studies the differences in student learning outcomes associated with changes in the format of online learning resources. We compare completion rates and degrees of student achievement across several economic education learning modules produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Initially designed as a long-form online learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules, Outcomes of Education
A Multi-Theory Lens Analysis of Project Real World--A Canadian Consumer Education Curriculum.
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McGregor, Sue L. T.; ChirChir, Valentine; Couch, Rose; Jobolingo, Dorothy; Manyenga, Grace; Pothier, Michelle – Canadian Home Economics Journal, 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…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries
Basic Business and Economics: Teach Students to Become Better Postal Consumers.
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Mayer, Kenneth R. – Business Education Forum, 1980
Presented are suggestions for instructional content for a teaching unit or individualized learning package designed to develop the knowledge all consumers need in order to obtain the safest, fastest, and lowest-cost mail service. (LRA)
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Business Education, Consumer Education, Cost Effectiveness
Consumer Education for the Elderly.
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Burton, John R.; Hennon, Charles – Journal of Home Economics, 1981
Describes an educational model designed to (1) determine consumer needs and interests of the elderly, (2) determine appropriate educational methodology for the elderly, and (3) develop a low-cost dissemination and teaching method. (CT)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Educational Methods, Educational Needs, Learning Modules
Pizza Parlor Math.
Grieser, Jeanne – Schooldays, 2000
Students set up a pizza parlor and choose a name for the parlor, menus and drinks, the number of customers they will serve, and numbers of table settings and ingredients they will need. Students choose work roles in the parlor, and student customers pay the parlor with paper money they designed. Includes full activity instructions, pizza recipe,…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Consumer Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics