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Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1991
This curriculum unit is part of a larger project designed to introduce communication-based, culturally specific instructional materials on French-speaking African societies into the foreign language curriculum with the goal of increasing the appeal and relevance of French language study, especially to African-American students. The materials,…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development
Download full textBalding, John – 1994
The Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU) supports and promotes effective health education in primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom. This book lists the results taken from "The Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire" collected from 29,074 participants (14,757 boys and 14,317 girls) between the ages of 11 and 16, from 171…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletics, Child Behavior, Child Health
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education Services. – 1992
This curriculum guide was developed as a resource for teachers to use in planning and implementing a competency-based instructional program in independent living at the high school level. It contains materials for a 2-semester consumer home economics course, based on the North Carolina Vocational Education Program of Studies (revised 1992); it is…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Competence, Competency Based Education
Mauldin, Teresa, Ed. – 1993
This document contains 5 invited lectures, 34 refereed papers, 19 refereed poster abstracts, 10 special topics/invited papers, 15 workshops/ panel discussions, 6 graduate student papers, and 5 roundtables. Selected titles are as follows: "Biotechnology and the Consumer" (Flamm et al.); "Impact of Information on Consumers' Concerns…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Biotechnology, Consumer Economics
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1998
Noting that developing a Head Start family partnership is an ongoing process that begins at enrollment and continues through transition out of the program, this guide for directors and staff looks at the process of developing such partnerships and provides the skills and information needed to form meaningful partnerships. Following an introductory…
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, Family Environment, Family Involvement, Family Life
Martinez, Vi; And Others – 1981
To provide students in grades 9-12 with accurate information on American Indians and thereby increase the number of Americans who understand Indian cultures and their contributions to American society, the 10- to 20-week social studies course emphasizes the study of Indian culture and heritage and presents the basic concept of cultural conflict.…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Studies, Attitudes
Eichner, Barbara G. – 1987
A study was conducted to explore whether the methods employed by the Cooperative Extension Service in its dissemination of practical skills and knowledge are of help to today's families. In order to examine these factors, two leadership programs for women sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service in Alaska were studied. One group, the…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Family Life
Farrant, Patricia A., Ed. – 1986
Approaches to help women in educational administation be successful in their professional and personal lives are considered in this collection of 30 articles. Among the titles and authors are: "The Society of Outsiders: Women in Administration" (Marian Swoboda, Jane Vanderbosch); "Upward Mobility for Women Administrators"…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Selection, Administrators, Career Ladders
Gessaman, Paul H. – 1988
This packet contains student materials and an instructor's guide for use in a series of workshops on the "GOALS Process" for persons in service-producing businesses (often family-owned). The materials provide a framework for individual or family use in self-assessment and a means of identifying business and family life goals, setting priorities,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Decision Making Skills, Entrepreneurship
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1990
This guide was developed to assist home economics teachers in implementing the Missouri Vocational Instructional Management System into the home economics curriculum at the local level through a family living and parenthood semester course. The course contains a minimum of two performance objectives for each competency developed and validated by…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Careers, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Career Education. – 1990
This operational policies manual is for adult programs developed by the Home Economics Education Service, Division of Vocational and Career Education, Ohio Department of Education, and is designed for administrators, teachers, and others responsible for adult vocational home economics programs. The first part of the guide consists of a historical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Daily Living Skills, Displaced Homemakers
Johnson, Julie M. – 1986
An assessment of the needs of the economically disadvantaged measured the importance of specific home economics content for high school students. Mailed questionnaires were returned by 470 parents of economically and noneconomically disadvantaged students and representatives from the Nebraska Department of Social Services. The 136 concepts used in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Education
Kelly, Gail P., Ed.; Elliott, Carolyn M., Ed. – 1982
Focusing on Third World countries, this book examines the undereducation of women, causes of women's undereducation, changes in female education patterns, and the significance of such changes in society and in women's lives. The book consists of four parts, comprising different chapters written by social scientists, researchers, and educators.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Birth Rate, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Dept. of Home Economics Education. – 1986
This guide is intended to assist teachers in using a life skills approach to introducing early adolescents to the five basic areas of home economics. The following topics are covered in the individual units: life skills in family communication (hearing and listening, speaking, writing, obtaining and responding to feedback, holding a sustained…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aging (Individuals), Behavioral Objectives, Careers
Pestle, Ruth – 1979
This guide is intended to assist teachers in integrating the study of aging into home economics programs. The first sections contain information on what aging means to different people and the various physical, psychological, and societal changes associated with aging. Discussed next are ways of integrating the study of aging into the following…
Descriptors: Aging Education, Aging (Individuals), Behavioral Objectives, Clothing Instruction
