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Foundations of Family and Consumer Sciences is a college-level textbook designed to introduce students to the family and consumer sciences profession. An overview of the profession, including history and trends is presented. Career opportunities for each family and consumer sciences specialization area are explored and come to life in Professional Profiles and Issues in the News features. The text guides students in how to move into the workplace and how to make a difference in the lives of others. ... Read more

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Damaged Product
I ordered this book for a class that I have.I did receive it on time, but my book had water damaged to it.The pages were stuck together and it is brown. ... Read more

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Communicating Family and Consumer Sciences is designed for professionals who will be communicating with students or clients in both formal classroom settings and nonformal settings. Written at the college level, this text is intended for use by students and professionals in community and human services, Family and Consumer Sciences education, and Family and Consumer Sciences outreach education. ... Read more

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Praxis II Family and Consumer Sciences (0121) Exam Secrets helps you ace the Praxis II: Subject Assessments, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive Praxis II Family and Consumer Sciences (0121) Exam Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. Praxis II Family and Consumer Sciences (0121) Exam Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to Praxis II Test Success: Time Is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; Introduction to the Praxis II Exam Series including: Praxis Assessment Explanation, Two Kinds of Praxis Assessments, Understanding the ETS; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; Along with a complete, in-depth study guide for your specific Praxis II Test, and much more... ... Read more

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***Updated 2010: Includes Practice Test Questions***

OSAT Family and Consumer Sciences (009) Secrets helps you ace the Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators / Oklahoma Subject Area Tests, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive OSAT Family and Consumer Sciences (009) Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test.Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined.OSAT Family and Consumer Sciences (009) Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to CEOE Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; Introduction to the CEOE Series including: CEOE Assessment Explanation, Two Kinds of CEOE Assessments; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; Along with a complete, in-depth study guide for your specific CEOE exam, plus other special tips and secrets to help you prepare for your exam... ... Read more

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PRAXIS/CST Home Economics Education (Family Consumer Science) (National Teacher Examination Series (Nte).)
An additional resource for Content Test study.So few resources are out there for FACS Teachers.This one gives a variety of test samples.It covers all areas of the FACS Content test

This book is totally dated - it will not help!
I just took the Praxis and had studied this book from cover to cover. It is consists of sample tests with questions. The problem is this book is completely dated not one question on the test was close to any in this book. this book tells you to put an infant to sleep on its' stomach. This book was such a waste of my time and money. Trust me on this! ... Read more

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Chapters: Applied Learning, Applied Philosophy, Applied Sciences, Family and Consumer Science, Nutrition, Information Technology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Data Integrity, Human Nutrition, Energy Development, Democratic Education, Experiential Education, Nonformal Learning, Applied Aesthetics, the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, Learning by Teaching, Active Learning, Applied Economics, Inquiry-Based Learning, Project-Based Learning, Sexual Dimorphism Measures, Service-Learning in Engineering Education, Teaching for Social Justice, Informal Learning, Nanoelectromechanical Systems, Adelle Davis, Hardware Architecture, Hands on Learning Australia, Applied Linguistics, Kinesiology, Technology Education, Expeditionary Learning Schools, List of Raw Materials Used in Button-Making, Shinichi Suzuki, Constructal Theory, Scintillation Counter, Food Science, Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, Universal Instructional Design, Archaeological Science, Superslow Process, Critical-Creative Thinking and Behavioral Research Laboratory, Food Rheology, Out of School Learning, Sanitary Engineering, Applied Ontology, Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment, Helen Doron Method, Cultural Learning, Dance Science, Authentic Assessment, Artificial Neural Membrane, Scantek, Applied Ecology, Firsthand Learning, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Inquiry-Based Instruction, Conservation Science. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 399. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nutrition (also called nourishment or aliment) is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary (in the form of food) to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet. The diet of an organism is what it eats, which is largely...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21525 ... Read more

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Praxis II Family and Consumer Sciences (0121) Exam Flashcard Study System uses repetitive methods of study to teach you how to break apart and quickly solve difficult test questions on the Praxis II: Subject Assessments. Study after study has shown that spaced repetition is the most effective form of learning, and nothing beats flashcards when it comes to making repetitive learning fun and fast. Our flashcards enable you to study small, digestible bits of information that are easy to learn and give you exposure to the different question types and concepts. Praxis II Family and Consumer Sciences (0121) Exam Flashcard Study System covers all of the most important topics that you'll need to know to be successful on test day. ... Read more

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Not bad, considering
I just took the FACS Praxis II exam today, and I used these flash cards to prepare.While the categories are correct, some of the information was insufficient or different.Overall, the theorist information on the cards is good, but needs to be supplemented.No questions asked about Havinghurst (he wasn't even mentioned in either my Ed Psych or Human Development & Learning Theory texts from my classes either). Make sure you review others from whatever education psychology type class you have taken- you'll want to be familiar with all the major theorists.There seemed to be a lot of questions about consumer finances, some of which is covered here and some of which is not.The stages of a family questions did not reference the same set of names that these cards use... I am not sure where the stages that were used come from.They just were not the same as what I studied.The nutrition cards worked well, but I would add some studying about the needs of different ages and genders.

Overall, these cards are a good starting point, but you will need to supplement your information.I am a mom of teens who returned to school to pursue a Master's in Teaching; I earned a Bachelor of Business Administration my first go-around.That background did help, as did being a mom, having worked and volunteered in schools, and some of my general education classes in the teaching program I am currently in.

Since there are few guides to prepare for this exam, I would probably use these again but do a little extra research concurrently.I imagine that ets changes up the exams some, so you may get some different questions from the ones I had.BTW, I suspect I passed, but of course I'll need to wait four weeks for the official results.

Terrible
These flashcards were a waste of my time. I studied them all and about maybe two questions were on the test, and nothing else related

Praxis II Family and Consumer Sciences (0120) Exam Flashcard Secrets: Praxis II Test Practice Questions & Review for the Praxis
This is a great way for the FACS teach to study for the Content test.FACS teachers have a difficult time finding resources for Content study guides.This one is one of the best I have found. ... Read more

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Challenge students and make learning fun using these Twister puzzles covering curriculum areas of: Child Development & Parenting; Clothing & Construction; Consumer Education; Foods & Nutrition; Housing & Interior Design and Personal Relationships. Twisters include word scrambles, word searches, crosswords, cryptograms, magic square, worksheets as well as instructions for classroom games. Use for introducing topics, review, worksheets, testing, discussions and "sub" activities. This 44-page paperback book includes 22 ready to use, reproducible activites. Appropriate for students in grades 6 to 12. ... Read more

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FTCE Family and Consumer Science 6-12 Secrets helps you ace the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive FTCE Family and Consumer Science 6-12 Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test.Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined.FTCE Family and Consumer Science 6-12 Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to FTCE Test Success: Time Is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; Introduction to the FTCE Series; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid 'Fact Traps', Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; Along with a complete, in-depth study guide for your specific FTCE exam, plus other special tips and secrets to help you prepare for your exam... ... Read more

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Great tool
I needed a way to prepare for the cert. exam , and a friend recommended this book. It was great, very complete and concise, it covered nearly everything you would need. The supporting resources were great (online) , especially for a newbie (I'm not,with 36 yrs of teaching). The only thing I wish it had was a practice test, maybe an online one to give some feedback with. I passed the test with no problem, I would recommend it to a friend. ... Read more

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The seminal document by Laster and Johnson, authored in 2001 describing the curriculum of Family and Consumer Sciences ... Read more

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XAM FACS for Teachers?
This book is poorly written and loaded with typos.There are 3 typos in the dedication alone!The use of opinions throughout the text makes one wonder about the vaildity of the information.This cannot possibly be written for teachers taking a certification test!I do NOT recommend this book. ... Read more

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Careers in Focus: Family and Consumer Sciences is a unique text that prepares students for the workplace while exposing them to the wide-ranging careers in the field of Family and Consumer Sciences! Especially designed for career exploration classes in Family and Consumer Sciences, this colorful text is also well suited for FCCLA programs, cooperative education classes, and work-based learning programs. The first three parts of the text are designed to help students choose careers, find jobs, and achieve success on the job. The last part of the book explores the many career areas related to Family and Consumer Sciences within the five broad fields of business and marketing, education and communications, human services, science and technology, and the arts. ... Read more

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Take charge of your life - explore your options!
Highlighting actual professionals working in the field of family and consumer sciences (home economics) was the most interesting part in writing this book. Through the many profiles, it is evident that the careers in this field are extensive and interesting. They include theoccupations of teaching and education but much more. For example, the traditional subject areas (foods and nutrition, clothing and textiles, child development, housing and interiors, human relationships, health and family living) are explored in each of five career fields: business, education and communications, human services, science and technology, and the arts. The pros and cons of entrepreneurship and types of businesses that lend themselves well to self-employment are included.

In addition to spotlighting actual careers, thirteen chapters cover general career education information, such as choosing a career, developing skills for job success, and finding and keeping a job. These chapters incorporate the skills that employers look for in new employees.

Careers in Focus - Family and Consumer Sciences is a textbook intended for secondary study, as well as vocational and technical education studies. However, its information is specific to anyone who is choosing a career, finding a job, and/or wanting to be successful in the workplace.

My background is in education. I have taught in Missouri and Wisconsin schools for over 25 years. My special interest in the field of family and consumer sciences has inspired me to write several cookbooks and guides to nutrition and physical firness.

May this book inspire you to choose a career that will be right for you!

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FTCE Family and Consumer Science 6-12 Flashcard Study System uses repetitive methods of study to teach you how to break apart and quickly solve difficult test questions on the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations. Study after study has shown that spaced repetition is the most effective form of learning, and nothing beats flashcards when it comes to making repetitive learning fun and fast. Our flashcards enable you to study small, digestible bits of information that are easy to learn and give you exposure to the different question types and concepts. FTCE Family and Consumer Science 6-12 Flashcard Study System covers all of the most important topics that you'll need to know to be successful on test day. ... Read more