In the Marketplace; Business Education: 6463.01 and Home and Family Education: 6765.03.

Overview & Synopsis

The course focuses on comparison shopping, store etiquette, impulse buying, interpreting labels, specials, loss leaders, standards in relation to need, installment or cash costs. It is primarily designed for consumer or homemaking education, rather than directly related to specific occupational preparation, although it has value for a prospective retail manager. Business Mathematics Fundamentals (5283.01) is suggested as a prerequisite. Performance objectives and course content are outlined, and classroom procedures, strategies, and learning activities are suggested. Evaluation criteria and techniques are discussed. Seven pages of resource materials list books, booklets, periodicals, films, filmstrips, games, learning activity packages, and practice sets and/or kits useful to both teachers and students. (MW)