ERIC Number: ED311215
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1989
Reference Count: N/A
Juggling Lessons. A Curriculum for Women Who Go to School, Work, and Care for Their Families. Instructor's Guide and Student Workbook.
Kaser, Joyce S.; Frazier, Alethea C.
This document contains the teacher's guide and learner workbook for instructional units designed to provide practical knowledge and skills to help women who are reentering school fulfill their multiple roles. Titles of the instructional units are: What Tomorrow Will Bring; We're All in This Together; Who's Minding the Children? (Infants and Preschoolers); Who's Minding the Children? (School-Age Youngsters); Doing More Around the House in Less Time; Managing Alone; and Getting What You Want and Need. The teacher's guide includes on optional unit, The Safety Net. For each unit, the teacher's guide includes a set of objectives, suggested time allowance, a list of materials needed, a list of references and resource materials, and instructions for teaching the lessons. In addition to giving advice about the management of multiple roles, the workbook asks learners to do various activities (such as react to case studies; set career, education, and family management goals; and use evaluative checklists to monitor their own behavior) designed to make that management advice concrete and to personalize it for the learner. The learner's workbook lists 21 references. (CML)
Descriptors: Aspiration, Continuation Students, Day Care, Females, Goal Orientation, Home Management, Networks, One Parent Family, Postsecondary Education, Reentry Students, Role Conflict, Secondary Education, Success, Time Management
NETWORK, Inc., 290 South Main Street, Andover, MA 01810.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners
Sponsor: American Univ., Washington, DC. Mid-Atlantic Center for Sex Equity.; District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: NETWORK, Inc., Andover, MA.