Explains the importance of quality assurance in high school textiles and apparel instruction. Describes educational activities that integrate quality assurance concepts (teamwork, continuous improvement, customer focus, and empowerment). (Contains 23 references.) (SK)

Designed for use in teaching a clothing service program, this clothing service guide is suitable for use with students in vocational education for the handicapped (VEH) programs and with mainstreamed special education students in other occupational home economics programs. The first section deals with various aspects of home economics VEH,…

The curriculum guide is organized around major concepts and generalizations on textiles and clothing considered educationally significant. The first major part of the document (15 pages) provides a detailed organizational outline of the behavioral outcomes and generalizations for the unit plans. The material is organized according to levels of…

This publication is the sixth in a series of publications that explain the present curriculum planning process for home economics education for the schools of New York and provide resource materials to aid in course planning. The book is intended as an aid to home economics teachers on levels III, IV, and V (grades 9 through 12) in clothing and…

The guide offers a compilation of teacher-developed career education materials which may be integrated with secondary level curriculum in home economics. Suggested activities and ideas are presented as unit plans in the following areas of home economics: family relations/family living, home management, child development, foods and nutrition,…

Provides five fully developed library media activities designed for use with specific curriculum units in art, health and nutrition, mathematics, science, and social studies. Library media skills, objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. Specific topics include aardvarks,…