The purpose of this research is to find out how students appraise the teaching of Clothing and Textiles in Tertiary Institutions in Delta State, Nigeria. To do this two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to give direction to the study. The target population consisted of 660 Home Economics Students enrolled in Home Economics in…

Presents the results of a survey on the teaching of textile arts in the secondary schools of England and Wales. Results showed that teachers favored the establishment of more effective links between textiles departments and art departments with hope of improving instruction and enhancing the position of textile arts in the secondary school…

As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items of value from past tests are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests, term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection is reviewed for content validity and reliability. The test…

This guide for junior high school home economics provides teachers with a curriculum for grades 7, 8, and 9. An "Overview" section presents the rationale, discusses how the content of home economics programs is related to the developmental stages of the adolescent, describes the program structure, and lists program objectives. The "Implementation"…

This index lists 945 research articles from 4 English-language journals in the field of home economics: the "Canadian Home Economics Journal," volumes 23-30; the "Home Economics Research Journal" (United States), volumes 1-14; the "Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economics" (United Kingdom), volumes 1-10; and the…