A project to improve the literacy skills of workers in a clothing manufacturing company is reported. The goal of the project was to teach practical workplace reading and writing skills using materials and requirements of the employees, the employer, and their union. The project integrated a skills approach with a creative writing approach. The…

Intended as a resource guide from which teachers select material appropriate to their needs and students, the document presents curricular suggestions for senior high school males under five major areas: (1) human development and the family, (2) personal and family economics, (3) textiles and clothing, (4) food and nutrition, and (5) housing. Each…

The course provides a study of fabrics, an insight into the history of fashion, and how present day styles relate to previous eras. Course content includes goals, specific objectives, changes in fashion, fashion design, textiles, techniques in tacking for securing seams, and making a pleated skirt. The course is presented as an advanced Quinmester…

This instructor's guide provides an overview of 4-H student project modules in the textile sciences area. The guide includes short notes explaining how to use the project modules, a flowchart chart showing how the project areas are sequenced, a synopsis of the design and content of the modules, and some program planning tips. For each of the…

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…

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…

A study was conducted to determine how prepared secondary school home economics teachers in Wisconsin are to deal with various clothing and textile orientations. A mail survey containing a list of 99 clothing and textile concepts was sent to a random sample of 250 teachers. Preparation level responses ranging from exceptional to very poor were…

This competency-based module uses the Ocean County (New Jersey) Vocational-Technical Schools curriculum-infused model for infusing basic skills instruction into vocational education. The model demonstrates the relationship of vocational skills to communication, mathematics, and science. The document begins with a philosophy statement; preface; a…

This curriculum guide is designed to ensure student attainment of basic home economics content knowledges and skills that will provide a strong foundation for employment in the fashion industry. Competency/skill and task lists are followed by employability skills charts for the occupations of fashion coordinator and fabric coordinator; the charts…

This guide, which was written as an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System, outlines the suggested scope and sequence of the clothing and textiles component of a course in consumer education and homemaking for grades 10 to…

These materials for the curriculum area of meeting personal and family textile needs comprise one of six such packages that are part of the Ohio Vocational Consumer/Homemaking Curriculum Guide. The curriculum area or perennial problem taken us in this document is divided into three practical problems about what to do regarding: (1) physical,…

A competency-based instructional guide for grades 7-14, this volume is one of three parts, each of which focuses on a different instructional environment (psychomotor, cognitive, or affective) for clothing or fashion instruction, and each of which includes competencies and corresponding learning activities for each of three instructional levels.…

One of three documents presenting performance objectives for prevocational courses, this document contains performance objectives for courses in home economics including food and nutrition, human growth and relationships, clothing and textiles, and housing and home management. (The other two documents present performance objectives for…

Annotations on selected home economics research studies published since 1963 are presented. Program development studies summarize data on such topics as teacher and supervisor involvement in curriculum planning, comparison of instructional methods, curriculum evaluation, preparation for gainful employment, family finance, and attitudes toward the…

The clothing and textiles guide for a second level semester course for grades 10-12 identifies objectives and learning experiences with basic reference to developmental tasks, needs, interests, capacities, and prior learning experiences of students. It was developed for use with students who exhibited skill and a high degree of satisfaction from…