ERIC Number: ED223830
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1982-Sep
Reference Count: 0
Males in Home Economics Classes: A Teacher's Guide.
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Instructional Materials Center.
Designed to provide consumer and homemaking education teachers with new and creative ideas for meeting the needs of male students, this guide consists of suggestions for developing a classroom environment and teaching strategies to involve males in home economics classes. The first part of the guide covers the following topics: classroom environment, classroom image, public relations, the Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Occupations (FHA/HERO) organization, home economics careers, and instructional materials. Discussed in the second section of the guide are teaching strategies for involving males in home economics classes dealing with the following subject areas: child development, clothing and textiles, family living, food and nutrition, home management and consumer education, housing and home furnishing, and careers. Each chapter in the second part of the guide contains a list of behavioral objectives followed by a series of suggested learning activities for use in addressing each objective. (MN)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Child Development, Classroom Environment, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Education, Family Life Education, Foods Instruction, Guidelines, Home Economics, Home Furnishings, Home Management, Housing, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Males, Nutrition Instruction, Occupational Home Economics, Public Relations, Secondary Education, Student Organizations, Student Participation, Student Recruitment, Teaching Methods, Textiles Instruction
Home Economics Instructional Materials Center, Box 4067, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Sponsor: Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Occupational Education and Technology.
Authoring Institution: Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Instructional Materials Center.
Identifiers: Future Homemakers of America