Explores issues relevant to change in the clothing studies curriculum. Includes content specifics, teachers, planning, and recommendations for teacher involvement in curriculum planning. (JOW)

Suggests why clothing is a pertinent area of study and how to evaluate the relevance of clothing instruction. (SK)

Reviews the history of ready-to-wear production, describes how computer technology is changing production methods, and discusses the future of clothing construction and instruction. (SK)

Discussion and observations may promote further research and continuing discovery appropriate to the complex field of clothing behavior. The author states that only through analysis of the combined aspects of social, psychological, and physical attributes of clothing can consumers find satisfaction in the attainment of ultimate goals. (CT)

Results of a study indicated that home economics teachers in New Mexico place a strong emphasis on clothing construction in the curriculum. It is important that other aspects of clothing and textiles be taught lest they be lost as classes are eliminated. (JOW)

Recent social changes and changes in the ways the profession views itself suggest that there are undeveloped options for teaching clothing. Clothing can be a medium for teaching about a wide variety of issues such as individual personality, interpersonal relationships, and family and social behavior. (JOW)

Gang violence, thefts, and costs are among the reasons schools are adopting dress codes or uniforms. Evidence of their effect on behavior is largely anecdotal; empirical research is needed. Home economics professionals can work with parents to set dress policies, get student input, incorporate the teaching of values about clothing, build student…

This guide provides practical ideas for incorporating the concept of voluntary simplicity into home economics classes. Discussed in the first chapter are the need to study voluntary simplicity, its potential contributions to home economics, and techniques and a questionnaire for measuring student attitudes toward the concept. The remaining…

Increasingly, educational evaluators are using studies of individual students in a program, reporting their academic and community background, dimensions of the program in which they were enrolled, and the benefits to the students after completing or leaving the program as a measure of the success of the programs. The case studies in this…

This report examines matters about which people will need to be knowledgeable in the 1980s to be intelligent consumers and effective homemakers. Its assumptions are based on an examination of work in the field of home economics and related areas of future issues relative to families, publications dealing with social trends and technological…