The model depicts the family management process occurring within the sociocultural, governmental, and economic systems. The management concepts of standards, wants/needs, values, goals, mediating variables, processes, and resources are illustrated in relation to family management. (SK)

Describes the mission of home economics as enabling families to function on their own strength. Considers alternatives for the provision of basic survival needs for all: governments, corporate sector, institutions, charitable organizations, families, and individuals. (SK)

A home economics teacher tells how she rearranged her furniture at home to improve her time management and also taught her three-year-old daughter to do some home chores. (MF)

The University of Nebraska's Home Management Group Project involves groups of four to six students in the accomplishment of a self-determined goal on a topic in home management. The activity provides an opportunity for practical application of theory as well as for practice in group relations. (SK)

A working wife and mother who is also a home economics teacher and organization president offers suggestions for managing home and family duties by deciding what activities are more important to her. (MF)

Home economists can help families meet the challenge of inflation and recession by applying principles integral to the field: knowledge and skills of economical living, consumerism, child care, home management, and relationships among individuals, families, and societies. (SK)

Discusses changes in five major economic aspects of family life (market roles, household task roles, work schedules, household production, and job satisfaction) concerning knowledge about these five aspects, issues raised by them, and interrelationships among these aspects. (CT)

Presents examples of ways information gathered in oral history interviews may be used to teach home economics concepts. Sample projects are described in the following areas: nutrition, clothing, housing, family life and human development, and household management. (CT)

Reports results of statewide studies in Minnesota to determine curriculum goals and desired outcomes for secondary home economics. The conceptual frameworks of home and family are outlined, and a list of content areas and essential learner outcomes for each is provided. (SK)

Discusses important aspects of desirable quality of life or well-being of families: household maintenance and work activities (care of house, family, clothing, food preparation, health maintenance, and home management); consumer goods satisfaction; and interaction of household members. Home economics can help families to maintain these critical…

To fulfill the practicum in home management requirement of home economics education, a small independent college without the funds to support a home management house arranged for the students to complete the practicum requirements within their own homes with their own families or adopted families. (BM)

Designed to help handicapped persons who have been living a sheltered existence develop independent living skills, this course is divided into two parts. The first part consists of a five-day apartment live-in experience, and the second concentrates on developing the learners' awareness of community resources and consumer skills. (BM)

Eleven male home economists discuss their experiences as professionals in the field, attitudes concerning males in home economics, the various related fields (i.e., consumer science, family management, and foods and nutrition), and home economics as a changing field. (SH)