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Teglund, Carl-Mikael. "Needlework education and the consumer society." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-213378.
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The principal purpose of this essay is to research how the development of needlework education interacts and interconnects with consumption patterns. Iceland has been used as a case for this study but any country would be applicable. The point of departure is the assumption that when a society develops more and more into being a consumer society, the needlework education also will change – in drastic forms. And that tracing a development towards consumerism can be traced in the curricula regarding this specific subject. People’s changing attitude towards spending, wasting, and an extravagant living is an important feature which explains the shift between non-consumer societies to a consumer society. Society’s outlook on these features is best reflected by that policy the institutions society uses to form its citizens’ desirable (consumer) behavior. In understanding the development from a non-consumerist society to a consumer society the study on the Icelandic syllabi for needlework and textile education plays a prominent part. A presentation on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the period of time in question has also been used in order to see the general increase of the standard of living and rise of consumerism in Iceland. Also numbers on trade and unemployment have been enclosed in order to give a more telling picture of the development and the results. The spatial imprint of the development of the Icelandic educational system and the development of syllabi for the textile handicraft subject show that an established consumer society firstly can be found in Iceland somewhere between 1960 and 1977, thus slightly ensuing the most immediate period after the World War II. A society that educates its young ones to darn, mend, and knit with the explicit motive to help deprived homes and states that this is a necessary virtue for future housewives cannot rightly be called a consumer society. It is also worth mentioning that the subject was after this breakthrough also available for boys. Furthermore, this seems to coincide with the so called “haftatímanum”, the restriction era, which lasted from 1930 to 1960. During this time the Icelandic government controlled the market having an especially harsh policy on the import of consumer goods, with product rationing as a result. Both of these two matters - the syllabi for the textile handicraft subject and the haftatímanum - had an anaesthetized impact on the development of the Icelandic consumer society.
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Solano, Alexis A. "Willingness to pay for organic and natural foods do the definitions of these terms affect consumer behavior? /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 147 p, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1654490071&sid=5&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Heckman, Stuart J. "Consumer Risk Preferences and Higher Education Enrollment Decisions." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1404299902.
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Rotering, Britta. "Looping in the family and consumer education classroom." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009roteringb.pdf.
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Garvin, Mary-Jane. "Report on the consumer education course : Vancouver School District." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28050.
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The purpose of the study was to examine the routine existence of the Consumer Education course within the Vancouver School District and to understand how micro, or school level influences contribute to changes in school subjects which have been mandated at the macro, or provincial level.
A target population of 41 Vancouver Consumer Education teachers was identified, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 of these teachers.
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Information obtained from these interviews concludes that the course-as-practiced differs significantly from the course-as-planned. This study concluded that the reinterpretation of the course is a result of two factors:
1. School-based support for the course varies from school to school. Generally, east side schools exhibit a higher level of support for the course than in the west side schools. 2. Ministry guidelines for the course do not offer clear course expectations and standards.
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Two recommendations were reached about the Consumer Education course:
1. Revision of Ministry guidelines is needed. The current state of the course is affected by the lack of direction given to this course. Province-wide expectations and standards should be clearly expressed, and methods to assess the degree of compliance need to be instituted.
2. The course would benefit from school-based support, in particular, establishment of a subject- constituency which would promote and protect the course.Education, Faculty of
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Miller, Vail Marie. "The Role of Consumers in the Success of the Consumer Driven Healthcare Movement." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1259787032.
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Stafford, Smith Betty 1935. "An investigation of consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of Quebec English public CEGEP students as a basis for consumer education curriculum development /." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=72082.
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The consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of a probability sample of English public CEGEP (Grades XII and XIII) students in the province of Quebec are investigated to provide a basis for the development of consumer education curricula. Results indicate that consumer knowledge and/or self assessment is low in the area of personal finances, credit usage and consumer protection. Language and sex are significantly associated with consumer knowledge scores; lower scores are more likely if a language other than French or English was spoken in the childhood home, and if the student is female. Previous courses taken with consumer related content significantly improved consumer knowledge scores. Respondents are aware of their level of consumer knowledge based on self assessment and knowledge scores obtained. Generally, respondents judge school and the family as the most useful sources of consumer knowledge; the contribution of the family is not valued highly by respondents who spoke a language other than French or English at home. Support for courses in consumer education is almost unanimous.
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Guttinger, Donald Gordon. "Empirical support for the food budget management strategies in the consumer education curriculum." Gainesville, FL, 1986. http://www.archive.org/details/empiricalsupport00gutt.
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El, Badawy Tarek Aly. "Perception of Consumer Problems and Concerns Related to Consumer Protection and Education: a Comparative Study Between American and Egyptian Academic Communities." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37682.
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The purpose of this study was to explore differences in the perceived consumer problems and concerns between American and Egyptian consumers, as measured by a composite score for perception of problems. The relationships between fourteen independent variables and perceived consumer problems of American and Egyptian consumers also were examined. The independent variables that were studied include: perceived adequacy of income, perceived improvement in living situations, expectations and experiences with products, attitudes toward government, attitudes toward business as consumer protection agencies, attitudes toward consumer education efforts, and demographic variables of gender, age, marital status, presence of children, family annual income, education level, employment status, and university position.
Specific objectives of this study were: (1) To determine if there are differences between American and Egyptian consumers in the following areas: perception of consumer problems; concerns related to price, quality, safety, labeling and information, and concerns about the environmental effects of products and their packaging; needs fulfillment related to perceived adequacy of income, needs fulfillment related to perceived improvement in living situations; expectations and experiences with products; attitudes toward consumer protection efforts by government; attitudes toward consumer protection efforts by business; and attitudes toward consumer education efforts. (2) To analyze relationships between perception of consumer problems and concerns and the following: needs fulfillment related to perceived income adequacy; needs fulfillment related to perceived improvement in living situations; expectations and experiences with products; attitudes toward consumer protection efforts by government; attitudes toward consumer protection efforts by business; and attitudes toward consumer education efforts. (3) To investigate the influence of demographic variables of gender, age, marital status, presence of children, family annual income, education level, university position, and employment status on the perception of consumer problems and concerns.
Data were obtained through a questionnaire developed by the researcher. The questionnaire was first developed in English, and then translated into Arabic with a back translation check. The reliability of the instrument was tested with a test-retest procedure. A questionnaire, an explanatory cover letter, and a stamped self-addressed envelope, were mailed to 180 randomly selected respondents at Virginia Tech and Radford University. Graduate students assigned at Ain Shams University and Sadat Academy delivered the questionnaires personally to the 180 randomly selected respondents in both universities in Cairo. The completed questionnaires were collected within three weeks after delivery. There were 112 questionnaires returned from Virginia Tech and Radford University, of which 108 were acceptable for analysis (60%). There were 154 questionnaires returned from Egypt, of which 142 were acceptable for analysis (78.8%). Hence, a total of 250 responses were used in the data analysis for an overall return rate of 69.4%.
Procedures for statistical analysis involved eight phases including: the reliability analysis, frequency distribution, chi-square, factor analysis, the two-sample independent t-test, stepwise multiple regression, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and discriminant analysis.
Results revealed a statistically significant difference in the total score on consumer problems between the two samples. Also, results showed a significant difference in the total score on consumer concerns related to quality, safety, and labeling and information. However, the variables that were found to discriminate the two samples in order of importance were: perception of consumer problems, concerns for quality, concerns for labeling and information, concerns for safety, and concerns for price. The most important concern for all respondents was quality. The majority of the American respondents perceived that they had more adequacy of income and improvement in living situations than the Egyptian respondents. Also, they conveyed a positive attitude toward government regulations and business efforts to protect consumersâ interests as opposed to the Egyptian respondents who conveyed a negative attitude toward the same aspects.Ph. D.
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Walker, Hope A. "Examining differences in male and female enrollment in middle school family and consumer education and technology education programs." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998walkerh.pdf.
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Sewell, Darby Thompson. "Passion a narrative journey to family and consumer sciences education /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2008.
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Wheeler, Kopf Diane Marie 1962. "Time on task observations in consumer and homemaking classrooms." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278398.
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The purpose of this study was to determine teacher and program effectiveness in Consumer and Homemaking Programs in Arizona by using time on task as a measure. In effective program studies, the common critical variable was the individual teacher (Brophy, 1979; McGreal and McGreal, 1986). Teachers who were organized, started class on time and kept the students busy with relevant work maintained high time on task percentages. Using time on task as a measurement of effectiveness, the "Managing Learning Time" instrument (Halasz and Desy, 1984), was used. This study: determined that the majority of students were on task in Arizona Consumer and Homemaking Education classrooms. Time on task was affected more by teacher and classroom practices than by the course content. The focus of the on task behavior varied by subject matter. The majority of time was spent on theory, practice and basic skills in Consumer and Homemaking courses.
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Wachter, N. (Nikola). "Consumer eduction in the “New Times”:a critical discourse analysis of a policy for consumer education in Germany (2013)." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201405161425.
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The interest in consumer education by international organizations as well as the German government has dramatically increased throughout the last ten years. At the same time the critical voices regarding the negative implications of consumption as a dominant cultural practice are getting louder. Here, the current economic consumption discourse as well as consumer education is argued to be colored by the neo-liberal ideology that contributes to social and environmental exploitation. As such critical research suggests that there is a need to engage more critically with the current promotion of consumer education that is predominantly educating students to function within the neo-liberal system instead of challenging it for the sake of collective well-being. Specifically for the German context different NGOs (foodwatch, LobbyControl) have pointed out to how the current promotion of consumer education in Germany is colored by economic argumentation.
The objective of this qualitative study was to question and challenge the hegemonic ways of thinking about consumption and consumer education and to contribute to a more critical discussion of consumer education and its implications for the society. As social transformations are increasingly manifested through and visible in discourse in the ‘new times’ this study, therefore, analysed a policy for consumer education as a product of the ‘new times’ that was published in 2013 in Germany. The goal was to investigate which discourses the policy is drawing from, how they are worked together in the policy and whether the text is doing ideological work in terms of sustaining the current economization of society. The two main research questions were:
1. What discourses are included into the policy for consumer education and how are they ordered?
2. Does the text do ideological work in terms of working towards the stabilization and spread of neo-liberalism and consumerism?
The study was conducted using Fairclough’s approach to Critical Discourse Analysis that draws from postmodern, poststructuralist as well as neo-marxist theories. It combines critical social science with sociolinguisticcs and as such offered a suitable framework for critically studying the policy text. By applying this methodological framework it was possible to combine the analysis of language, discourse and the social environment which are considered to be dialogically related to each other.
This research showed that the education policy text draws on the neo-liberal, social-democrat and critical consumption discourse where it could be determined that the neo-liberal discourse is dominant and marginalizes the other discourses. Furthermore, it could be shown how the policy text fosters ideological transformation by partially promoting an education that works towards the spread of neo-liberal ideology. This ideological work is majorly achieved through fostering a lack of imagination and acceptance of current changes instead of offering view-points that also challenge the current transformations in society. As a result the policy fosters a consumer education that educates students to function within the system instead of drawing from the critical pedagogy discourse that calls for emancipation and empowerment for the sake of collective well-being. However, the policy is not entirely dedicated to the neo-liberal project and together with the insights from this research gives space for a more critical interpretation and implementation.
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Goldacre, Lisa A. "Consumers of Higher Education in Australia : do the unfair contract term provisions in the Australian Consumer Law provide effective protection for students as consumers of educational services?" Thesis, Curtin University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1018.
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Extensive consumer protection legislation has existed in Australia for nearly four decades. The new Australian Consumer Law (‘ACL’) in schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (‘CCA’)1 is the most significant change to consumer rights since the introduction of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (‘TPA’). Over a corresponding period of time, the landscape of the higher education sector has been transformed into a culture of consumerism with the student at the centre as the consumer. However, students have seldom sought redress in relation to infringement of their rights as consumers under consumer protection legislation and more rarely successfully. It is recognised that some rights do accrue to students as consumers of educational services under the ACL, principally with regard to promotional activities of higher education institutions (‘HEI’).2 It is not certain that the ACL can provide effective protection for students as consumers of educational services beyond this known application to address issues regarding the nature of the service provided. This research is specifically concerned with whether the introduction of an Unfair Contract Terms (‘UCT’)3 regime in the ACL overcomes identifiable barriers faced by students using consumer protection as a means to ensure they receive services as promised and advances their rights as consumers.The ACL saw the introduction of an UCT regime, which previously had only existed in limited jurisdictions in Australia, notably Victoria, as a means of protection in consumer contracts. Now any term in a consumer contract that is an unfair term as defined under the ACL is void. The application of these provisions in the context of the student as a consumer of educational services will require first an assessment of whether there exists in Australia a contract between the student and HEI. Further, for the UCT to apply, the student–HEI contract must be a ‘standard form’ ‘consumer contract’4, for ‘services’ occurring in ‘trade or commerce’5. Importantly the analysis will identify any connection between the UCT provisions regarding substantive unfairness and the protection this affords students in the context of the provision of educational services, such as the design and delivery of courses, as distinct from promotional activities.Ordinarily, claims concerned with the nature of the educational service provided are considered matters that involve questions of academic judgement. Courts have been consistent in their reluctance to examine matters relating to the exercise of academic judgement and accordingly such matters are considered non-justiciable. The significance of the UCT provisions is that rather than just focusing on procedural unfairness, they attempt to deal with substantive unfairness.6 In the context of the student–HEI contract and provision of educational services, the UCT provisions have the potential to ensure that the student–HEI contract does not contain terms that are substantively unfair. Consequently, HEIs may now be obliged to provide educational services in a manner students might reasonably expect upon entering the student– HEI contract. Thus the new UCT regime may deal with claims concerning the provision of educational services more effectively than other actionable rights that require the court to examine matters of academic judgement in relation to the nature of educational services provided. The analysis will evaluate the implications for the higher education sector and make recommendations for change in the current practice.
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Oates, Barbara R. (Barbara Ruth). "Patronage Behavior of Elderly Consumers in the Purchase of Pharmaceuticals with Teaching and Learning Implications for American Higher Education." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277618/.
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This study concerned the impact lifestyles of the elderly have on purchases from different product categories. The main purpose was to determine, evaluate, and analyze the effects of lifestyles on elderly shoppers' choice of retail outlets.
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Crafford, S. "A curriculum framework for consumer learning at a higher education institution." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3173.
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Thesis (PhD (Education)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.287 leaves printed as single pages, preliminary pages i-xxii and numbered pages 1-253. Includes bibliography and appendixes. Digitized at 600 dpi grayscale to pdf format (OCR), using a Bizhub 250 Konica Minolta Scanner.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is aimed at developing a curriculum framework for consumer learning at a higher education institution, using a case study design. To determine the need for consumer learning at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology - the "bounded context" of the study - a situation analysis was conducted as the first phase of curriculum development. Methods to triangulate data included the use of quantitative and qualitative research methods, together with a thorough literature study. The two sets of empirical data were obtained from two research instruments, namely self-administered survey questionnaires and semistructured interviews with learning facilitators (lecturers) at the institution. The survey amongst first-year students was used to assist in the needs assessment for curriculum development at the CPUT and to determine the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes of first-year respondents regarding consumer rights and responsibilities, as well as other consumer-related issues. This not only provided data to analyse the situation, but also assisted in the planning and development of a curriculum framework for consumer learning. The researcher used semi-structured interviews to determine the views and perceptions of learning facilitators regarding the importance of consumer learning, and to gauge the need for such learning at the institution. Aspects relating to the contents, teaching strategies, level of introduction, potential for critical crossfield outcomes development, benefits and major obstacles in the implementation and/or integration into the curriculum were also investigated. The two-tiered situation analysis indicated that students expressed a clear need for consumer learning at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, especially regarding the areas of consumer rights and responsibilities. The importance of consumer learning and the "readiness climate" from the perspective of the learning facilitators was also clearly established. The study culminated in the development of a curriculum framework for consumer learning that is compatible with the requirements of the South African Qualifications Authority and the Higher Education Qualifications Framework in South Africa. Key findings reported in the form of a curriculum framework could serve as a guideline for the planning and implementation of a consumer learning programme at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is onderneem met die doel om 'n kurrikulumraamwerk vir verbruikersleer aan 'n hoëronderwysinstelling te ontwikkel. 'n Gevallestudiebenadering is gebruik om die sosiale verskynsel van verbruikersleer te ondersoek. Om die behoefte aan verbruikersleer aan die Kaapse Skiereilandse Universiteit van Tegnologie - die konteks van die studie - te bepaal, is 'n situasie-analise onderneem as die eerste fase van kurrikulumontwikkeling. Metodes van triangulasie in hierdie navorsing sluit die benutting van kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe gegewens in, asook 'n literatuurstudie. Die twee stelle empiriese gegewens is verkry vanuit 'n selfgeadministreerde opnamevraelys aan studente en onderhoude met leerfasiliteerders (dosente) aan die instelling. Die doel van die opnamevraelys was om te help met die behoeftebepaling vir kurrikulumontwikkeling aan die Kaapse Skiereilandse Universiteit van Tegnologie, en veral om die kennis, vaardighede, waardes en houdings van eerstejaarrespondente met betrekking tot verbruikersregte en -verantwoordelikhede te bepaal. Dit het nie alleen insig in die situasie-ontleding gegee nie, maar het ook gehelp met die beplanning en ontwikkeling van 'n kurrikulumraamwerk vir verbruikersleer. Die doel met die gebruik van semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude in hierdie studie was om die navorser in staat te stel om die sienswyse en persepsies van leerfasiliteerders met betrekking tot die belangrikheid van verbruikersleer, asook die behoefte daarvoor by die instelling te bepaal. Aspekte wat verband hou met die inhoud, onderrigstrategieë, vlak van bekendstelling, potensiaal vir kritieke uitkomsontwikkeling, voordele en vernaamste struikelblokke in die implementering en/of integrasie van die kurrikulum is ook getoets. Die situasie-analise dui daarop dat studente aan die Kaapse Skiereilandse Universiteit van Tegnologie 'n behoefte het aan verbruikersleer, veral met betrekking tot die bevordering van verbruikersregte en -verantwoordelikhede. Die belangrikheid van verbruikersleer en die "gereedheidsklimaat" daarvoor vanuit die perspektief van die leerfasiliteerders is ook bevestig. Die resultaat van die navorsing het gelei tot die ontwikkeling van 'n kurrikulumraamwerk vir verbruikersleer wat versoenbaar is met die vereistes van die Suid-Afrikaanse Kwalifikasie-Owerheid en die van die Hoëronderwys Kwalifikasieraamwerk in Suid-Afrika. Sleutelbevindings in verband met verbruikersleer is ook in die raamwerk opgeneem. Hierdie bevindings kan as 'n riglyn dien vir die beplanning en implementering van 'n verbruikersleerprogram aan die Kaapse Skiereilandse Universiteit van Tegnologie.
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Kang, Hannah. "Stigma reducing components of direct-to-consumer advertising : theory-driven content analysis of print direct-to-consumer advertising." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1364.
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Li, Xu. "Consumer Engagement in Travel-related Social Media." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5806.
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The term of “consumer engagement” is extensively used in the digital era. It is believed that engaged consumers play an important role in products/services referral and recommendation, new product/service development and experience/value co-creation. Although the notion of consumer engagement sounds compelling, it is not fully developed in theory. Different interpretations coexist, resulting in confusion and misuse of the concept. This study attempts to define consumer engagement and develop a conceptual framework of consumer engagement, addressing antecedents of consumer engagement in online context. Moreover, some situational and social media usage-related factors are incorporated into the framework. A set of propositions are presented based on literature review and the conceptual framework to illustrate the relationship between consumer engagement and related factors. To provide empirical evidence for the conceptual model, an online survey is conducted. Participants complete the self-administered survey by answering questions concerning their online experience with the travel-related social media website they visit most. Two-step structural equation modeling is employed to analyze the data. The results show that both community experience and community identification have significant and positive relationship with consumer engagement. Community experience is also a strong predictor of community identification. Attitude toward using social media and travel involvement influence the relationship between consumer engagement and its antecedents. With focus on the interactive and experiential nature of consumer engagement, this study expands current understanding of consumer engagement and provides insights for hospitality and tourism businesses regarding how to engage consumers through travel-related social media.Ph.D.
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Cope, Jessica. "Perceptions of Working Conditions of Family and Consumer Science Teachers in Kentucky." Thesis, Northern Kentucky University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10640325.
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Currently in Kentucky there is a shortage of applicants for filling vacant teaching positions, specifically Family and Consumer Science (FACS) teaching positions. There are more vacancies than there are teachers to fill the positions. This study’s primary purpose was to determine the current working conditions, perceptions of working conditions, and changes that could improve satisfaction for FACS teachers. This research included a survey and three focus groups with FACS teachers in Kentucky. Through these methods, data was collected to identify the areas that could use improvement and how these improvements could be made. The results were that most teachers were very satisfied or usually satisfied. For an increase in satisfaction, teachers indicated smaller class sizes, more money, updated classrooms, updated equipment and more administrative support.
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Carsky, Mary L. "Consumer satisfaction with food marketing services: the effects of in-store information and education programs." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54231.
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The purposes of this study were to identify the relationship between the provision of consumer information programs and satisfaction with food marketing services and to assess the benefits of a program as they affect both consumer satisfaction and retail food store profits.
A conceptual model which proposed a positive relationship between the provision of a consumer information program and increased product purchasing, increased satisfaction with the product, and increased satisfaction with the foodstore was developed for the study. The model was operationalized through the use of three indicators to measure each of the four constructs.
A field test of the model was conducted at a warehouse foodstore in central Connecticut where an in-store information program had been implemented one year prior to this study. The program, which focused on meats, provided three modes of presentation. Response to the program was measured by interviewing 277 shoppers during October and November, 1984. Respondents were asked about their use of the information presented, attitude toward the program, and perception of its usefulness.
The data collection instrument developed for this study was a two part questionnaire. The first part was self administered. Respondents were dueried on satisfaction with the meat department and with the store. Twenty-one attitude, interest, opinion items related to food shopping and meal preparation were included in this section. The second part was an interview questionnaire which was utilized to ‘ obtain information on shoppers response to the information program, shopping habits, and demographic characteristics.
The sample was found to be representative of warehouse foodstore shoppers. The average household size was four persons, and the average food budget was $100.00 per week. Twenty-nine percent spent less than 50% of their meat budget at the store, but only 11% purchased less than 50% of their groceries (excluding meat) at this store.
Shoppers who responded positively toward the information program purchased more meat, and were more satisfied with the meat department and with the store. The conceptual model was able to explain positive response as measured by use, attitude, and perception of usefulness of the program in terms of these outcomes. The model was unable to explain negative response to the program.
Further analyses of the data resulted in the addition of two antecedent variables to the model. Those who were not predisposed to information seeking and had never enrolled in a consumer education course were likely to be nonusers of the information program.Ph. D.
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Wilson, Keith B. "The Relationship Between Consumer Race and Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Outcomes." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392023650.
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Malik, Mandeep Singh, and n/a. "Exploring the Need for Higher Education in Sales." University of Canberra. Community Education, 2000. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20090609.090420.
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LeLou-Matte, Dawn. "Inclusion of moderate/severe cognitively disabled students in family and consumer education." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001lelou-matted.pdf.
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Teo, Raymond. "Word-of-mouth : the effect of service quality, customer satisfaction and commitment in a commercial education context." University of Western Australia, 2006. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0006.
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Researchers have noted that word-of-mouth plays a very significant role in consumer decision making, particularly in the area of professional services. However, literature pertaining to its formation in the context of the commercial education industry is limited. With Singapore poised to become the education hub of Asia, this is an important area of study and formed the focus of the current research. More specifically, the research sought answers to the role of perceived service quality, customer satisfaction and commitment in word-of-mouth formation. Unlike prior studies in this area, an additional validity test was adopted for the current research that involved an examination of the extent to which the construct measures used were free of social desirability bias. Of the various customer commitment dimensions examined, the findings showed affective commitment to have the greatest impact on word-of-mouth formation. In examining how satisfaction mediated the formation of word-of-mouth, it was found that not all service quality dimensions affected satisfaction, a result that was contrary to what was expected. Particularly, it was the process-related service quality (functional service quality) that affected satisfaction. Finally, it was found that all the construct measures used for the present study were free of social desirability bias. While the study was originally planned to be conducted in one phase, this was extended to three phases following discriminant validity issues with the original measures, with a need for alternative measures to be used. What resulted was a study that was far more comprehensive and rigorous than originally intended.
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Ryburn, Renee F. "Mentoring practices in family and consumer sciences education a model for change /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.
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Wallace, Rick L., and Nakia J. Woodward. "A Simple Plan to Reach for the Stars with Consumer Health Education." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8765.
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Lovett, Susan Burroughs. "Family and consumer sciences in higher education common elements in undergraduate curriculum /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2005. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.
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Keller-Ritter, Kelley A. "How graduate education impacts job satisfaction for family and consumer science teachers /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3137718.
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Gordon, Ellen Derby. "Enhancing communication skills through family and consumer sciences." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2049.
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Woods, Philip Arthur. "Parents as consumer-citizens : an investigation into parent governors." n.p, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Board, Barbara A. "Preference of selected Virginia citizens for information and education in personal financial management." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09292009-020022/.
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Mutz, Andresa Silva da Costa. "A constituição do sujeito contemporâneo do consumo : aprender a comprar bem, para comprar sempre." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/87882.
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A Tese analisa a constituição do sujeito contemporâneo do consumo como resultado de operações do Dispositivo Pedagógico do Consumo. Focaliza centralmente os investimentos pedagógicos para o governo da conduta dos sujeitos consumidores nas atuais sociedades capitalistas neoliberais. O referencial teórico-metodológico alinha-se à vertente pós-estruturalista dos Estudos Culturais. M. Foucault e seus leitores, como P. Veyne, N. Rose e E. Castro, contribuíram com seus estudos acerca do modo como estamos nos constituindo sujeitos. A esses, aliaram-se autores que têm se dedicado à análise de traços da sociedade atual, como Z. Bauman, M. Lazzarato, M. Featherstone, N. Canclini, e pesquisadores brasileiros como A.Veiga-Neto, R. Fischer, L.Sacchi, C. Traversini, F. Marcello. M. Costa e I. Carvalho, empenhados em exercícios semelhantes. O material empírico selecionado está composto por um conjunto de artefatos culturais de caráter heterogêneo, incluindo documentos publicados pelo Estado brasileiro e por organizações não governamentais, assim como outros documentos da mídia produzidos por instituições privadas, como revistas impressas mensais, sites da internet, etc. Com eles foram mapeados: a) os campos do saber acerca do consumo e do consumidor, b) os tipos de normatividade implicados nesses saberes, c) as formas como os sujeitos são posicionados no interior das relações de poder, implicadas pelas verdades do consumo. A opção por um conjunto diversificado de materiais justifica-se pela pergunta que orienta a pesquisa: como se constitui o sujeito contemporâneo do consumo? Procurou-se respondê-la indicando o modo como operam os saberes, e se engendram os poderes nos programas e ações de todo o tipo, que visam a conduzir a conduta dos consumidores. Os resultados apontaram para o agenciamento dos sujeitos por meio do que denominei Dispositivo Pedagógico do Consumo, que emerge e opera em condições históricas específicas, atendendo urgências do campo econômico, social e ambiental. O “consumidor consciente” constitui-se nesse contexto como produto e efeito do dispositivo que opera por meio de três domínios: 1) a constituição do eu consumidor, como agente de transformação ambiental, social e econômica; 2) a medicalização do social por meio da prevenção, tratamento e cura das doenças do consumo e 3) a pedagogização do consumo.The thesis analyzes the constitution of the contemporary subject of consumption as a result of operations from the Pedagogic Device of Consumption. Centrally focuses on pedagogical investments for the government's conduct of consumer subjects in the current neoliberal capitalist societies. The theoretical and methodological referential aligns with the post structuralist strand of Cultural Studies. M. Foucault and his readers, as P. Veyne, N. Rose and E. Castro contributed with their studies about how we constitute ourselves as subjects. In addition to these authors, others who have dedicated to the analysis of the current society traits were allied as Z. Bauman, M. Lazzarato, M. Featherstone, N. Canclini, and Brazilian researchers as A.Veiga-Neto, R. Fischer, L.Sacchi, C. Traversini, F. Marcello. M. Costa and I. Carvalho, are engaged into similar exercises. The selected empirical material consists of a set of cultural artifacts from heterogeneous character, including documents published by the Brazilian government and by the non-governmental organizations, as well as other media documents produced by private institutions, like monthly print magazines, internet websites, etc. There were mapped with them a) the fields of knowledge in regards to the consumption and the consumer b) the types of normativities implicated in those knowledge c) the ways in which subjects are positioned within the power relations implied by the truths of consumption. The choice for a set of diverse materials is justified by the question that guides the research: how the contemporary subject of consumption is constituted? We tried to answer that indicating how the knowledge operates and how powers are engendered into the programs and actions of all kinds that aimed drive the consumer´s conduct. The results pointed to the agencement of the subjects through which I called Pedagogical Device of Consumption, which emerges and operates in specific historical conditions, heeding urgencies from the economic, social and environmental field. The "conscious consumer" is constituted in this context as a product and effect of the device that operates through three domains: 1) the constitution of the “I” consumer as an agent of environmental, social and economic transformation. 2) the social medicalization through prevention, treatment and cure of consumption diseases and 3) the consumption pedagogization.
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Crafford, Sharon. "Kriteria vir 'n opleidingsprogram vir die opleier/voorligter van voedselverbruikers in private huishoudings." Thesis, Cape Technikon, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1919.
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Thesis (Masters Diploma (Technology) -- Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 1993This research was undertaken in order to investigate the problems relating to consumers' food buying practice in respect of private households, since it is clear that high food prices are one of the major causes of a decline in the quality of life of the family. The researcher's involvement in Home Economics education and specifically consumerism and in post-school education prompted the hypothesis that training for responsible buying practice may afford a solution to the problem of buying practice in respect of private households. Such training needs, although already identified, have not yet received any real attention. A literature study was undertaken as a point of departure in order to give background knowledge. This information was used to put into perspective buying practices for private households and to define a profile of the buyer. However, it was necessary to further define this field in order to ensure that validity and applicability of the findings arising out of this research. An empirical study was undertaken to test the literature against the reality found in a Cape Town suburban supermarket. Details of this study will be set out in Chapter 4 of this research. In order to establish criteria for the training programme above, curriculum design had to be based on didactically sound principles. At the outset a suitable model for adult-learners was selected. This model consisted of an analysis phase, design phase, implementation phase and evaluation phase.
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Engel, Wendy. "Determinants of consumer willingness to pay for organic food in South Africa." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242008-080548/.
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LAURIA, ANDRE LUIS CANEDO. "CONSUMER BEHAVIOR RELATED TO DISTANCE EDUCATION: FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO ATTITUDES APPLIED TO MARKETING." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=12987@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROA identificação da função que constitui aspecto-chave para a formação da atitude a respeito de um determinado produto possui implicação direta no estudo do comportamento do consumidor e na prática do marketing. Considerando educação a distância como um produto, com importância crescente dentro do setor econômico em que está inserido, foi realizado um levantamento junto aos estudantes dos cursos presenciais de pós-graduação em administração de empresas (Especialização Master, Mestrado Profissional e Mestrado Acadêmico) de conceituada instituição de ensino superior da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Com base na abordagem funcional das atitudes, conforme definida pelo psicólogo Daniel Katz, a principal função para a formação da atitude a respeito desse produto foi identificada por uma amostra de 120 respondentes da pesquisa, após análise quantitativa dos dados através de estatística básica e de análise de fator.
The identification of the main function related to the attitude about a product has direct involvement on the study of the consumer behavior and marketing management. It was made a survey among on-site students of postgraduate courses in business administration of an outstanding University in Rio de Janeiro, considering distance education as a product with a growing importance into the educational industry. Based on the functional approach to attitudes, as defined by the psychologist Daniel Katz, the main function related to the attitude about that product was identified by the sample of 120 people who answered the survey, after quantitative analysis of the data, by using basic statistics and factor analysis.
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Isaacs, Sheik M. "Consumer Perceptions of Eco-Friendly Products." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1568.
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The rate of failure to manage e-waste and the business sectors' failure to produce more eco-friendly products is high. These failure rates cause companies to lose profits on expanding an eco-friendly customer market. The central research question addressed by this correlational design examined the quality, price, and brand loyalty of eco-friendly products related to customers' willingness to recycle e-products. Consumer and buying behavior theories served as the theoretical framework in this investigation. SurveyMonkey was used to distribute the researcher-developed survey to the participants for the collection of the data. The collection data instrument was validated by performing a pilot test using students of the subject organization. The final sample size consisted of 381 participants, 18-24 years old. The strength of the association between ranked variables was determined using Spearman correlation while the customer behavior relationships of interest were examined using ordinal regression. One of the key findings was that when customers had used a certain brand in the past, they were more likely to continue buying that brand, even when the price increased. However, another finding showed that some customers were not willing to recycle electronic devices even if more drop-off recycling facilities were available. The profitability of green product innovations due to brand loyalty, combined with a demonstration of social responsibility by a business, could create a powerful venue for positive social change. The socially-responsible activities of a business could promote awareness that green products and recycling of e-waste are important for an environmentally-secure future.
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Wehmeier, Jenny M. "Family and Consumer educators' opinions and attitudes toward block scheduling." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003wehmeierj.pdf.
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Benedict, Rebecca J. "Knowledge and attitudes of college freshmen on selected consumer redress topics /." View online, 1985. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211998880641.pdf.
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Johnson, Douglas Alan. "A consumer study evaluating the extent technology education textbooks use 1993 benchmarks for science literacy." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999johnsond.pdf.
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Fortier, Jenna. "Consumers comprehension of sodium information of [sic] food labels." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009fortierj.pdf.
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Lai, Su-Huei. "The development of a modes of problem solving instrument for family and consumer sciences education /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487930304685632.
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Turgeson, Susan. "The opportunities and challenges of distance education in secondary family & consumer sciences programs." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2007/2007turgesons.pdf.
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Lichty, Margaret. "The Socialization Process of New College Faculty in Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Education." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26977.
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The purpose of this research was to examine the socialization experiences of new family and consumer sciences teacher educators, including their interpretations of career preparation, their first job, socialization during the first year, continuing socialization and career development, and respondentsâ recommendations for improving the socialization process. Organizational socialization provided the theory base.
Telephone and personal interviews were conducted with ten female family and consumer sciences teacher educators who held positions in comprehensive and research institutions across the country. The constant comparison method was used for analysis of the data.
Results of the study revealed that graduate school professors provided the role modeling participants believed was crucial in preparing them for their future career. Participants who had challenging and relevant coursework and opportunities for a variety of professional experiences during graduate school felt they were well prepared for their faculty roles. However participants for whom this was not the case felt their transition to a faculty role was much more of an overwhelming and unhappy experience.
New faculty orientation sessions and career development facilitated success at the university level, while department chairs and faculty peers provided support at the department level. Inhibitors of respondentsâ success included feelings of being overwhelmed with their workload, inability to balance professional and personal lives, and department pressure to conduct research and publish articles. Overall, participants indicated that lack of time was the primary inhibitor of their success. In spite of the overwhelming feelings of confusion, frustration, stress, and unhappiness during their first year in their new role, respondents reported that their second year was more positive.
Implications for improved practice include examining graduate program coursework to ensure relevance and application and including opportunities for increased responsibility in professional experiences related to teaching, research, and professional service. Departments with new faculty should provide opportunities for new faculty to meet both formally and informally with the department chair to discuss policies related to promotion and tenure. Further research could be done to examine the socialization experiences of new faculty in other areas of family and consumer sciences and vocational education to determine similarities or differences.Ph. D.
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Lebakken, Janice. "Implementing the Wisconsin bullying prevention curriculum in a family and consumer sciences education classroom." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008lebakkenj.pdf.
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Hoffman, Emily Willmore. "Evaluation of food safety education materials for persons with HIV/AIDS." Online access for everyone, 2004. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2004/e%5Fhoffman%5F050304.pdf.
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Woods, Barbara A. "The perceived efficacy of an empowerment model of youth development among Vermont educational leaders." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1141236451.
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Araujo, Regina Magna Bonifacio de. "O desenvolvimento do pensamento economico em crianças : avaliação e intervenção em classes de 3a a 4a series do ensino fundamental." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/251786.
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Orientador: Orly Zucatto Mantovani de AssisTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação
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Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar o pensamento econômico de crianças brasileiras, entre 9 e 11 anos, antes e após o desenvolvimento de um Programa de Educação Econômica. A principal relevância dessa investigação foi introduzir o estudo da formação do pensamento econômico em crianças, no contexto da pesquisa educacional no Brasil, trabalhando o tema a partir de um modelo de desenvolvimento das idéias econômicas, vinculado à perspectiva cognitivista e com influência do ambiente social e educativo. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em três etapas. A primeira consistiu na tradução, adaptação e preparação do instrumento de medida, Escala TAE-N, desenvolvida e validada no Chile e replicada através deste trabalho no Brasil, com uma amostra de 132 crianças, alunos e alunas da 3ª e 4ª séries do Ensino Fundamental, da rede particular de ensino da cidade de São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. Ainda nesta fase, foi realizada, numa amostra de 30 crianças, uma entrevista clínica sobre o tema, com o propósito de caracterizar os sujeitos envolvidos. Os resultados desta primeira etapa mostraram, tendo como parâmetro os Níveis de Desenvolvimento do Pensamento Econômico proposto por Denegri, que as crianças apresentavam um pensamento econômico primitivo, orientado para uma compreensão específica dos fenômenos econômicos e com uma capacidade de estabelecer relações e explicar a realidade econômica a partir de suas vivências e das informações que recebem do meio familiar, escolar e da mídia. Na segunda etapa, foi desenvolvido com as turmas um Programa de Educação Econômica, intitulado ¿Educando para o Consumo Consciente¿, utilizando a metodologia de trabalho com projetos, numa perspectiva interdisciplinar e transversal. Na terceira e última etapa desta pesquisa, a Escala TAE-N foi novamente aplicada nos alunos. Verificou-se, nesta segunda aplicação, que todas as turmas apresentaram um aumento na média das pontuações, o que sinaliza um desenvolvimento na compreensão dos fenômenos econômicos. Os resultados indicaram, ainda, o crescimento igual nas diferentes idades e um melhor desempenho dos meninos em relação às meninas no espaço entre os tempos de aplicação da Escala. Em relação às turmas, todas apresentaram crescimento na segunda aplicação do TAE-N, embora em percentuais diferentes. As análises permitiram tanto uma compreensão mais específica de como as crianças brasileiras compreendem o mundo econômico, quanto uma visão mais abrangente da importância de se trabalhar esse tema no âmbito das escolas de Educação Básica
Abstract: The objective of this paper was to investigate the economic thought of Brazilian children, between nine and eleven years old, before and after the development of na Economic Education Program. Its mainly relevance was to introduce the economic thought formation study in children in the context of educational research in Brazil, working on the theme in a development model of economic ideas connected to the cognitivist perspective and with influence of the social and educative enviroments. This research was developed in three stages. The first consisted on the translation, adaptation and preparation of the measure tool, TAE-N scale, developed and checked in Chile and pealed through this research in Brazil, with a sample of 132 children, students of 3rd and 4th grades of the Elementary School, in a Private School in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. Still at this stage, a clinical interview in a sample of 30 children was made with the purpose of characterizing them. The results of this first stage showed, by the parameters of the Development Levels of the Economic Thought, prepositioned by Denegri, that the children have presented a primitive economic thought, directed to a specific comprehention of the economic phenomena and with the capacity of creating relations and explain the economic reality from their own daily experiences and from the information they received from their familiar, schoolar and media enviroments. The second stage was developed with the classes of an Economic Education Program entitled ¿Educando para o Consumo Consciente¿, using the methodology of projects work, in a transversal and interdisciplinar perspective. Finally, at the third and last stage of this research, the TAE-N scale has been applied again on the students. It was verified that al the classes presented an increase in their medium scores, what signalyzes a development in the economic phenomena comprehention. The results indicated an equal growth in the different ages analyzed and a better performance of the boys than the one of the girls, during the application of the Scale. In concern to the classes, all of them presented knowledge growth in the second application of TAE-N, although in different percentuals. The analysis enabled a more specific comprehention of how the Brazilian children understand the economic world as well as more open view on the importance of working on this theme in the Elementary School enviroment
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Goddard, Connor S. R. "Exploring the Efficacy of Consumer Education with Regard to Consumption of Branded and Luxury Counterfeit Merchandise." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1398421242.
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Townley, Peter. "The construction of a model of qualitative evaluation to support the development of the policy and practice of measuring students satisfaction in a higher education institution." n.p, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Hall, Lynne Degler. "Predictors of personal teaching efficacy and locus of control of Ohio family and consumer sciences teachers." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1248377931.
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