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50 Years of ERIC
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Sustainability in Teaching, Research, and Community Practice: The FCS Department at California State University, Northridge
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Pontikis, Kyriakos; Martin, Allen; Cai, Yi; Kim, Jongeun; Cao, Wei; Giordano, Angie; Torabian-Riasati, Setareh – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2011
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how a large comprehensive family and consumer sciences unit has incorporated sustainability into its curriculum and research agenda. It summarizes how each area within the department (Interior Design, Apparel Design and Merchandising, Consumer Affairs, Family Studies, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food…
Descriptors: Foods Instruction, Interior Design, Dietetics, Seminars
Teaching Children about Money: Applications of Social Learning and Cognitive Learning Developmental Theories.
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Martin, Allen; Oliva, Juan Carlos – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences: From Research to Practice, 2001
Discusses the need to teach children age-appropriate and effective financial lessons based on developmental theories of social and cognitive learning. Provides recommendations and techniques suggested by experts. (JOW)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Processes, Money Management
What Teens Want To Know about Financial Management.
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Varcoe, Karen P.; Peterson, Shirley; Garrett, Connie; Martin, Allen; Rene, Paula; Costello, Connie – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences: From Research to Practice, 2001
A survey asked 323 teenagers what they want to know about financial management. Most indicated that using money to buy things they need made money important to them. Their responses differed from what 67 adults surveyed thought they needed to know. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Consumer Education, Knowledge Level, Money Management
The Family and Consumer Sciences Profession: A Viable Career for the New Millennium.
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Martin, Allen – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences: From Research to Practice, 2000
Family and consumer sciences curricula can help prepare students for structural changes in the workplace. Those who choose it as a career can find opportunities working in retirement and financial planning, aging education, displaced worker, and other growing programs. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Consumer Education, Economic Change, Employment Opportunities