The purpose of this study was to explore some of the practices
of home economics teachers in the use of auxiliary personnel as
expressed by city and state supervisors. A second purpose was to
discover the beliefs of city and state supervisors regarding the use
of auxiliary personnel in home...
The purpose of the study was to develop a resource guide
1. to introduce high school students to ways in which
intellectual development can be taught in early childhood
education programs.
2. to give early childhood educators additional ways of
teaching intellectual concepts to preschool children.
To achieve this purpose,...
The purposes of this study were to discover what home economics
teachers are doing in Oregon in career education and how
they can be better prepared to teach home economics occupational
preparation courses.
Postcards were sent to home economics departments in 194
public high schools and 83 public junior high...
The purpose of this study was to develop a programmed learning
booklet concerned with the care of groups of young children. The
instructional material was designed to be used in homemaking and
occupational programs. The criteria for developing the program were
(a) that it be geared to the student with...
The purpose of this study was to determine the beliefs of home
economics teachers concerning beginning clothing construction skills.
Specifically, the writer was seeking to determine:
1. What sewing skills are essential for beginning clothing construction
students to acquire.
2. What sewing skills are important or desirable for beginning
clothing...
All individuals are part of a family, and are confronted with
all the complexities that accompany family life during some portion
of their lifetime. Thus, inter-relationships between all family
members are an important aspect of education.
The school curriculum should be relevant to the needs of youth.
Family life education...
Most parents want their children to grow into independent adults,
able to make decisions with which they can live, and able to cope with
the pressures and problems of a world different from that which the
parents have known.
Parents are teachers of their children and as such they need...
The purpose of the study was to develop a proposed in-service program for cooperating teachers who supervise student teachers. Forty-one cooperating teachers for the Home Economics Education Department of Oregon State University rated the competencies of a good supervisor of student teachers. Also, 17 heads of home economics teacher education...
The study was designed to answer the following questions
1. What do eighth graders think is important in homemaking
classes?
2. Who do eighth graders believe should enroll in homemaking
classes?
3. What factors influence whether eighth graders take
homemaking?
4. How do eighth graders rate the importance of homemaking...
The major purpose of the study was to develop a resource
guide for use at the late junior or early senior high school
level to be used with boys and girls, integrating the subjects
of homemaking and industrial arts. To plan this guide, the
writer:
1. Surveyed the industrial arts...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was two fold: 1) to determine the
self concepts of women workers and their relationship to certain
personal variables and patterns of work, and 2) to produce basic
self concept research.
Procedures
The subjects selected for this study were the women employed
in 1973...
Every student has a creative potential. An atmosphere needs
to be maintained in the classroom that motivates and encourages the
student to use and to develop this potential. Evidence indicates that
teachers need help in freeing and in stimulating each student's creative
potential. A learning package on design principles was...
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Document-based educational information systems require systematic
acquisition efforts that must be conscientiously undertaken to build an
information system and to keep it current. These acquisition efforts
can be influenced by several variables. The major thrust of this
research was to investigate one of these variables, namely...
The Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to develop a profile of the professional improvement needs of occupational instructors in Oregon community colleges as perceived by selected instructors. Specific objectives included: (I) to determine on a 5-point rating scale how proficient occupational instructors feel they should...
The study was devoted to identification and determination of
magnitude of change of prospective teachers with regard to the prospective
teachers' self perceived teaching ability. Teaching ability
was defined as a combination of teaching competencies identified by
other studies.
The general parameters of the study were to establish:
1. The...
The Purpose of the Study: The major purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences among the opinions of participating employers, previous participating employers, and non- participating employers concerning cooperative vocational education,. The hypothesis that there is no significant difference among the mean scores for the three...
Purpose of the Study: The major concern of the study was to determine those factors in clothing and textiles, exclusive of clothing construction, which current home economics teachers felt were necessary for novice teachers to be proficient in. The objectives of the study were: 1. To evaluate, revise, and expand...
The purpose of this study was to determine competencies that
practicing home economics teachers believe future teachers must
possess to show proficiency in the area of foods. The objectives
were:
1. To evaluate, revise, and expand the competencies that have
been identified by the Oregon State University Home Economics
Education...