The guide was developed to aid teachers in planning and developing programs in personal finance education which will prepare students to function as intelligent consumers. Three case studies illustrating common consumer problems are followed by the body of the guide, focusing on five major topics and incorporating economic, social, and physical…

The document consists of 12 consumer education units for grade 12: Consumer Purchasing; Purchasing Food, Clothing, Furniture, and Appliances; Purchasing and Maintaining an Automobile; Housing; Consumer Credit; Money Management; Fraud, Quackery, and Deception; Banking and Savings; Investments; Life Insurance; Security Programs (Social Security,…

The document outlines a course designed to train audiometric technicians who will conduct pure-tone conduction tests as part of a program on hearing conservation in noise. A minimum of two days is required for the completion of the course. The outline of the training program presents nine topics with an indication of the minimum time required for…

A program manual for supervised occupational experience programs in vocational agribusiness and natural resources was prepared to set down guidelines and policy for the program at Dickinson Area Vocational High School, North Dakota. Because of the new concept initiated by the policy statement, it was decided to field test the manual in six other…

The report describes the implementation and continuation of a family health maintenance program for associate degree nursing students at a community college. Four specific objectives are stated supporting the overall purpose of increasing student awareness of the total health care situation of the family. Implementation of the project, which…

Questions frequently asked of the authors and their answers are presented to provide a basis for constructive discussion of the issues and concerns resulting from the "Competency Based Curriculum" concept. No attempt has been made to rank or select the questions by importance. Responses presented reflect the authors' thinking at the time of…

The career awareness miniseminars are designed to assist community college students in gaining awareness of various careers and occupations associated with the courses they are taking. These seminars are essentially group career guidance sessions conducted cooperatively by counselors and instructors. They are conducted in a classroom setting and…

The syllabus contains detailed information concerning an introductory college course in psychology. The primary objectives are to help the student acquire basic knowledge of vocabulary, concepts, methods and theories used by psychologists, and skills in interpreting psychological knowledge and applying it to daily life, everyday problems, and…

The guidelines were written to promote job growth and improvement in the personnel who manage, operate, and maintain wastewater treatment plants. Trained operators and technicians are the key components in any water pollution control facility. The approach is to move from employment to training through specific modules for 21 standard job…

This publication describes a pilot instructional project in humanizing education undertaken by rural elementary schools in Cumberland County, New Jersey. The publication discusses the philosophy behind the program and the nature of the training conferences conducted for teachers and administrators; provides sample exercises, objectives, and…

The project sought to adapt a maternity nursing course and a series of pharmacology lessons for use on a computer-based teaching system (PLATO, Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operation) and to study the relationships of process variables to student achievement in a self-directed learning situation. A combination of tutorial-inquiry…

The planning and implementation of a summer workshop in American literature of minority groups for a small denominational college is described in this paper. Four teachers provided through the National American Studies Faculty conducted week-long seminars on the literature of Blacks, Native Americans, Chicanos, and Asian Americans. An additional…

The student workbook was designed for a high school unit on personal income management, part of a family financial education program which also includes a unit on accepting credit responsibility. The student guide follows the same format as the teacher's guide and is based on three experiences--understanding checks, using a checking account, and…

The document describes the supervisory course offerings of the General Management Training Institute. It contains a general information sheet, a curriculum calendar for 1976, and course descriptions for the following courses: basic management functions, basic management methods and skills, communicating and counseling, increasing (improving)…

A revision of the leader's manual, "Human Relations Training for Supervisory Personnel in Sales and Merchandising Organizations," the human relations training manual for supervisors consists of eight two-hour sessions. The first session is devoted to laying a framework for developing a human relations attitude. The second, third, and fourth…