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The rationale behind this annotated bibliography of over 1300 items is that every consumer education teacher needs numerous classroom resources to provide for the individual needs of his students, and these resources should be balanced in representing all content areas. The resource materials included, mostly booklets and pamphlets for classroom use, are arranged according to 18 basic content areas, with subdivisions for booklets and pamphlets, audiovisual materials, and learning packages for teachers and students. Topics include: the dilemma of the consumer, the consumer identified, the consumer in the American marketplace, the changing role of the consumer, buying services, sundry products, credit, clothing, food, automobiles, home furnishings and major appliances, housing money management, savings, investments, life insurance, taxes, and careers. The publication also includes three separate chapters entitled, Bibliographies, Catalogues, and Other Sources for Teaching Materials, Mailing Lists for Your Resource Center, and Journals and Magazines in Consumer Education. Criteria for selection of materials included: usefulness with secondary school students, cost and availability, and objectivity. The small number of annotations in some areas was due to limitations of time and resources. (Author/JLB)

Reports preliminary findings from students who have completed a course in consumer education which address this question: What value do you now place on selected topics in consumer education? Topics with the greatest value were budgeting, dishonest and deceptive sales schemes, automobile insurance, principles of wise buying, and value comparison. (TA)

Consumerism is now accepted with dignity, leading to a burgeoning forth of interest in and nationwide approval of consumer education. A creed is presented which offers some suggestions and guidelines by which the consumer educator can evaluate his own effectiveness, modify his criteria for excellence, and continue to make the course relevant. (SC)

A casual glance at the bankruptcy statistics of recent years is enough to make one aware that many American individuals and families are having severe financial problems. Looking deeper, one will find that financial problems are not confined to just the few. people filing for bankruptcy. by David C. Myhre ... [et al.]

Modules designed to fill the need for learning materials in the field of family financial counseling.

In this module, a number of techniques and methods are presented which will help a financial counselor to identify the problems of clients. More specifically, this module will present skills that a counselor can use to find out what problems clients have that they want to be assisted with. by David C. Myhre ... [et al.]

An annotated listing of works of both specific and general topics that may be useful to professionals and lay persons seeking information on these topics.