Human Development Student Modules.

Overview & Synopsis

This set of 61 student learning modules deals with various topics pertaining to human development. The modules, which are designed for use in performance-based vocational education programs, each contain the following components: an introduction for the student, a performance objective, a variety of learning activities, content information, a student self-check, recommended references, and an evaluator's final checklist. Included among the topics addressed in the individual chapters of the modules are the following topics: consumer and homemaking education (health and nutrition, personal appearance and grooming, puberty, menstruation, the human reproductive system, venereal diseases, teenage pregnancy, babysitting, first aid, and handling emergencies); family life education (interpersonal communication, interpersonal relationships, changing lifestyles, pregnancy, the role of the single adult, preparing for marriage, birth control methods, making marital adjustments, observing family traditions, enrichment activities for the family, drugs and alcohol, separation and divorce, living with elderly persons, and adjusting to death); education for parenthood (the expectant family, labor and delivery, postpartum care, layettes, infant toys and equipment, promoting children's health and well being, toilet training, child care, and providing educational opportunities for children); and child development (infant care, children's toys, play activities for preschoolers, assisting children at mealtimes, and handling illnesses and injuries). (MN)