An increase in consumer interest in functional foods provides an opportunity for FCS educators to use this topic in Extension programming to promote current nutrition recommendations. The Functional Foods for Life Educational Programs (FFL) are a curriculum of six evidence-based mini-seminars that highlight specific functional foods that have the…

Consumer Education is not intended to direct consumer choices. It does provide an awareness of alternatives and opportunities and assists the consumer in making the choice which is best for his purposes in light of his values. It is not the purpose of consumer education to indoctrinate values. Consumer education should provide the experiences that…

Explains how instruction and social, economic, and value factors can influence consumer topics. Reports the results of a British Columbia survey which identified 32 core consumer mathematics curriculum areas for secondary schools. (LRA)

The active involvement of students in a study of the customs, traditions, and institutionalized ways society has organized to preserve economic stability is the goal of this consumer education teaching guide. Designed for the use of social studies teachers, units are devoted to the studies of: (1) the economic system; (2) income procurement; (3)…

The major purpose of this teaching guide is to create an awareness of the many opportunities for supplementing a vocational agriculture curriculum with needed instruction in consumer education. Following the same format as other resource supplements in this series, this publication considers (1) the economic system; (2) income procurement; (3)…

This supplemental guide was developed for the purpose of assisting secondary school teachers in the teaching of trade and industrial resource-related consumer education topics. Six main units of instruction are presented: (1) the economic system; (2) income procurement; (3) consumer behavior determinants; (4) consumer alternatives; (5) roles,…

Activities described in this publicaiton are intended to provide suitable examples of consumer education problems to be used in occupational work adjustment programs. The overall themes of the program deal with income procurement and with spending. Student activities deal with factors involved in the attainment of a job, the methods by which wages…

After a brief comment on consumer education as mandated by the State of Illinois, and the resulting teaching strategies, an inservice program for Chicago teachers is described which focuses on people-to-people communications between school teachers and influential leaders in the areas of business, labor, and government. (SH)

Proposes a framework for assessing the needs of the older learner/consumer. Includes recognition of the physiological and psychological characteristics of the elderly. Explores the impact of components of the technological and social-psychological systems. Emphasizes the adragogical approach to the actual teaching process. (Author/JAC)

The development of consumer education for adults and the literature concerning it are assessed in this report. A brief background and several definitions of consumer education begin the review. Studies relating to target audiences are broken down according to subject matter orientation, age, income, sex, profession, and special needs. The section…

The purpose of the agricultural literacy effort has been to produce informed citizens able to participate more fully in the establishment of policies that support a highly competitive agricultural industry in this country and abroad. In their article titled, "Position Statement on Agricultural Literacy," Russell, McCracken, and Miller…

This guide is intended to assist school personnel by clarifying issues, provide directions in basic information, and stimulate practical considerations for the learner in the area of consumer education. Its objectives are to (1) assist school administrators in the implementation of consumer education, and (2) assist secondary teachers in planning…

Exploring the economic-psychological-sociological questions related to the purchase of goods, the publication is intended as a foundation on which comprehensive local programs of consumer education can be built. It provides a conceptual framework drawn from the academic disciplines. Focusing on three major concepts (the individual consumer, the…

Effective buymanship and effective financial management are the cornerstone of an elementary and secondary school consumer education program. The curriculum must meet some basic and essential criteria in order to prepare the student for learning about budgeting, a concept which encompasses buymanship and financial management. Through knowledge,…

The booklet contains transcripts of ten presentations given at a workshop on consumer economics in Michigan. The main objective of the workshop was to explore ways of improving the training of undergraduate and graduate education majors and the inservice training of secondary and middle school teachers in the areas of personal and family finance.…