Discusses guidance for the development of consumer and home making education with the emphasis on bringing the consumer who needs consumer education into the program. (Author/RK)

For children beginning at the elementary level, the phenomenon of the giant supermarket provides an excellent learning laboratory. (Editor)

New insights into consumer motivation and activity, deeper understanding of consumer choices as they relate both to goals and to style of life suggest changes in current practices within consumer education programs. This discussion reviews objectives of consumer education and puts new emphasis on the reality that for many consumers "...buying…

Makes observations about some conditions of life that influence poor families' consumer behavior. Home Economists who seek to provide innovative consumer education are challenged by these observations to work for social as well as individual change. (Editor)

Reports 13 simulation and game techniques that were developed during a consumer education workshop. (SB)

A course in rural studies, as part of the Home Economics curriculum at Worcester College of Education, provides students with the opportunity to grow their own vegetables and flowers, look after livestock, and experience a rural environment. (RY)

Reports data from the Purdue Consumer Education Study which provide a picture of the organization and scope of the national consumer education effort outside the schools. (Editor)

Some of the issues that confront people contemplating psychotherapy are discussed. These include questions about how to choose the right professional, how to behave appropriately during treatment, what techniques are available, and how and when to end therapy. (IS)

Briefly sketches responses of consumer and homemaking educators to the personal dilemmas caused by unemployment. Programs described range from skills development, employability enhancement, and career exploration, to stress management and therapeutic counseling. (SK)

Home economics can help students deal with social problems, learn to cope with their lives, make sound judgments, get along with family members, and manage their resources. Guidelines are given for implementing the new, socially significant home economics. (MJL)

Discusses research to determine whether student competency and attitudes toward business would improve after participation in a consumer education course. Findings indicated that students who took the course did improve in these areas. Journal available from American Council on Consumer Interests, 162 Stanley Hall, University of Missouri,…

The author suggests that the common core of career education and consumer education is the emphasis on practical, real-life skills, with a focus on self-understanding and self-oriented decision making. Presented are activities and projects which enhance awareness of the importance of these skills. (KC)

To aid teachers in media selection, this column looks at an array of fairly recent filmstrips, films, video cassettes, slides, and recordings for consumer education, arranged by topic and in ascending grade level order. It also suggests some ready sources of government pamphlets. Ordering information is appended. (Author/SJL)

Granite School District, Salt Lake City, Utah, has developed an elementary consumer education program designed for infusion into regular subject matter teaching. This article presents goals and starter activities from each of the project's eight topic areas: money management, income determination, basic economics, advertising, purchasing, energy,…

Discusses the Consumer and Homemaking Study, a comprehensive review of funded home economics programs undertaken by NIE. Presents the areas covered, input from home economists, nature of the study, effectiveness of programs, responsiveness of programs, key questions on responsiveness, and reactions to the study. (CT)