This article features eight AAFCS-accredited academic units in higher education to illustrate how the Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge (FCS-BOK) can be integrated into program curricula and educational procedures or structures. Contributors represent the following educational institutions (listed and presented in alphabetical order):…

The "National Standards for Financial Literacy" describe the knowledge, understanding, and skills that are important for students to learn about personal finance. They are designed to guide teachers, school administrators, and other educators in developing curriculum and educational materials for teaching financial literacy. In this…

With public pensions under pressure and private pensions exposed to risk, individuals face an increasing variety of financial risks, particularly those linked to their retirement. This book analyzes the level of risk awareness of consumers and highlights good practices governments might initiate to enhance consumers' awareness and education on…

The Family Economics and Financial Education Project (FEFE) began in 2001 at Montana State University with an annual grant from Take Charge America, Inc., a credit counseling and debt management company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. FEFE's mission is to provide educators with curriculum materials and training to be effective teachers of…

Describes the Bank Ed School Series: (I) for upper elementary, which focuses on basic money management and math skills; (II) for junior high, which emphasizes goal setting, savings, money making, and related math skills; and (III) for high school, which focuses on the family as a mini-society operating with the same economic principles as the…

The program of consumer education for Comprehensive Health Planning was developed to assist consumers to assume leadership roles in community decision-making with regard to health services. This paper presents a description of a project that was developed to train leaders for the program. The project consisted of special, advanced training…

Relates the ways in which the various vocational programs and student organizations are making free enterprise/consumer/economic concepts an integral part of classroom, laboratory, and community activities. Lists activities for eight vocational education program areas in Florida. (LRA)

Seventh-graders studied inflation and other economic consumer concepts at a consumer convention. Preactivities, workshop sign-up day, and the convention schedule are discussed. A chart of the workshop design is included. (SR)

Describes the adult metric education workshops, instructional materials, and teaching approaches for adults developed by the American College Testing Program in Project Metric to provide the adult consumer with metric skills. Includes an example of objectives from the adult metric kit. (MF)

Provides a report on free enterprise/consumer education in Texas, with emphasis on legislation, state board of education actions, consumer education in the curriculum, and implementation activities. (Author/DB)

This research report examines the need for consumer education programs for preschool children and describes preschool consumer education programs. A literature review of ERIC, CAIN (an agricultural index), Psychological Abstracts, Education Index, and the Canadian Education Index was conducted. Section one of the report provides an overview of…

This report is the result of a year of research on a number of options available to individuals who will ultimately find themselves responsible for dissemination of metric information to educators and consumers. This document was prepared by the American National Metric Council (ANMC), an organization founded in 1973 by representatives of private…

This paper describes a nurse practitioner directed health center education program for senior citizens in Medford, Massachusetts. The planning process, including needs and location decisions, is defined, and a summary of needs survey data on the population is offered, including health problems (medication problems, lack of exercise, depression,…

Reviews problems of the elderly consumer and describes efforts to provide consumer education to rural elderly individuals through two series of one-day workshops. Evaluations indicated that consumer education can be effectively provided to rural elderly with a high degree of perceived usefulness and sharing of information. (Author/JAC)

As a description of a module series system that utilizes the subject of consumer education to illustrate five specific teaching methods/strategies/techniques, information concerning the purposes, goals, and objectives of the program, the scope and sequencing of the modules, the material dealt with in the accompanying audiovisual aids, and the…