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Peer reviewedBalkwell, Carolyn; And Others – Journal of Home Economics, 1986
Suggests ways that teams of home economists, integrating information from constituent fields of the discipline, may provide important services to hospices. Suggestions are included from the areas of human development and family relations, foods and nutrition, housing and interior design, clothing and textiles, and financial management and decision…
Descriptors: Clothing, Decision Making, Demography, Family Relationship
Loudoun County Public Schools, Leesburg, VA. – 1989
The Loudoun County, Virginia, middle school home economics curriculum has been designed to meet the unique needs of the early adolescent. It is based upon three major concepts: (1) basic skills; (2) self-knowledge/understanding/decision making; and (3) independence/interdependence. This guide on teen living for sixth graders includes a curriculum…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Clothing, Competency Based Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Occupational and Continuing Education. – 1987
This document provides New York administrators, counselors, and teachers with information on the statewide Occupational Education Proficiency Examination in the four home economics core courses: (1) clothing and textiles; (2) food and nutrition; (3) housing and environment; and (4) human development. Included in this document are Blueprint and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Career Counseling, Clothing Instruction, Core Curriculum
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Home Economics Education. – 1980
This planning guide is intended for use in selecting content from home economics subject matter areas when planning consumer and homemaking education programs for grades 7 through 12. The planning guide is divided into two major parts. The first section focuses on the suggested scope and sequence for each of five home economics subject matter…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Consumer Education, Educational Planning
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1982
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"…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Guides
Loudoun County Public Schools, Leesburg, VA. – 1989
The Loudoun County, Virginia, middle school home economics curriculum has been designed to meet the unique needs of the early adolescent. It is based on three major concepts: (1) basic skills; (2) self-knowledge/understanding/decision making; and (3) independence/interdependence. This guide on teen living for seventh graders includes a curriculum…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Clothing, Competency Based Education
Download full textMiller, Sandra W., Ed.; Tulloch, Charlotte R., Ed. – 1989
This publication is designed to help home economics teachers as they identify and teach basic skills in their programs. Part I, "Basic Skills Instruction in Home Economics" (Miller), discusses strategies for supplementing basic skills through home economics content. It addresses preparation of home economics teachers to incorporate basic skills in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Biological Sciences, Clothing, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Loudoun County Public Schools, Leesburg, VA. – 1989
The middle school home economics curriculum on Life Management Skills I (eighth grade) meets the needs of the early adolescent. It is based upon three major concepts: (1) basic skills; (2) self-knowledge/understanding/decision making; and (3) independence/interdependence. Emphasis on the basic skills of reading, writing, communicating, using…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Child Care Occupations, Clothing
Osborn, Barbara L. – 1986
This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers at all grade levels in presenting a curriculum concentrating on development of life skills. The guide is divided into six sections, one for each of the following content areas: child development, clothing and textiles, consumer education, foods and nutrition, housing and interiors, and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Education
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1987
This set of activities is intended to assist home economics teachers in incorporating basic energy education concepts into traditional home economics topics. Awareness activities that are intended to help students develop an understanding of fundamental energy conservation concepts and, at the same time, apply these concepts in home economics…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
National Association of State Administrators for Family and Consumer Sciences. – 1998
The document presents a new set of standards for family and consumer sciences (FACS) education. Section 1 is a three-chapter overview. Chapter 1 addresses the rationale for change and the FACS vision and mission. Chapter 2 describes the approach to develop the national standards, FACS format, and components of the standards. Chapter 3 provides…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Community Services, Consumer Science, Dietetics
Montana State Univ., Bozeman. – 1980
This publication was designed to assist home economics teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors, and community and parent advisory groups in Montana to plan vocational home economics programs. Information included in the publication is intended to define concepts and to provide suggested learner outcomes appropriate for home economics…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Birth, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
Hansen, Joan – 1984
This teacher's guide for exploratory home economics on the middle school level emphasizes a hands-on, fun-filled, active approach to a variety of topics in home economics. It is organized in five units covering the following topics: personal management, resource management, parenting and babysitting education, clothing management, and food and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Economics
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1994
This package consists of a teacher's guide and 12 learning modules that have been designed for middle school home economics exploration and orientation courses. Presented in the teacher's guide are suggested instructional strategies for using the learning modules in interdisciplinary settings. The following topics are covered in the learning…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Exploration, Child Care Occupations, Classroom Techniques
Vail, Ann, Ed.; Fox, Wanda S., Ed.; Wild, Peggy, Ed. – 2000
This book contains 27 papers on the development of national standards for family and consumer sciences (FACS) education. The following papers are included: "Leadership for Change: Developing the National Standards" (Peggy Wild); "National Standards Model" (Wanda S. Fox); "Reasoning for Action" (Wanda S. Fox, Janet F.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Clothing Instruction, Community Services
