This guideline is intended as a resource for instructors who are teaching an office procedures course. This course offers closure for all students completing a scope and sequence in the business education program--accounting, secretarial, office services, and related areas. The stated purpose of the course is to prepare a secondary learner for…

This course of study provides a framework for the content of a program in business education as part of the Alabama vocational education program. The course of study was designed to assist educators in developing and maintaining high quality vocational programs and to ensure uniformity of vocational programs. Following a description of the…

This curriculum guide provides the basic curriculum components required to develop lesson plans that address the learning outcomes for the first course in shorthand. It is not a complete, self-contained curriculum. Instead, the guide provides the teacher with a number of informational items related to the learning outcomes and allows him/her the…

This curriculum guide provides the basic curriculum components required to develop lesson plans that address the learning outcomes for the second course in shorthand. It is not a complete, self-contained curriculum. Instead, the guide provides the teacher with a number of informational items related to the learning outcomes and allows him/her the…

Curriculum materials are provided for courses to be taught in business labs, including typing I, advanced and production typing, office procedures (clerical and secretarial), recordkeeping, accounting I and II, consumer math, and business law. Introductory materials include suggestions for setting up labs and a listing of required and suggested…

This guide provides teachers with a business exploration curriculum for grade 9. The course is designed to introduce beginning students to the language of business, to careers, to consumerism, to economics, and to technology. An "Overview" section presents the rationale, describes the program structure, and lists program goals and…

These room designs are intended as samples to be used in planning business classrooms. Rooms and furniture are drawn to scale. One page illustrates the various pieces of furniture, with dimensions, that are used in the designs. The number on each piece of furniture identifies it in the room designs. Each room design is 32 feet by 43 feet or 1,376…

Keyboarding differs from typewriting in the basic purpose it serves. Keyboarding is the act of entering alphanumeric data on a keyboard of information processing equipment for the purpose of obtaining or communicating information. The target populations for keyboarding are those whose typewriting skill will be primary to their vocations, those…

Contends that accounting constitutes a core area of all business courses and is considered to be a difficult course to teach and learn. Suggests a practical approach to teaching accounting, presents ideas for introducing the subject, outlines the main content areas, and offers possible teaching methods. (KO)

Characterizes finance and accounting as a central part of the business curriculum, yet one that eludes student interest. Indicates topics that need to be taught at the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) level in Great Britain. Suggests general teaching strategies giving two specific teaching ideas that have been used by practicing…

Reports the results of a project designed to analyze the employment related needs of students in post secondary education. Describes the questionnaire used as the major instrument for the project. Analyzes the results relative to students and tutors, courses, industries, firms, employers and trade unionists, and makes recommendations. (KO)

This teacher handbook provides recommended goals and objectives and suggested measures for competency-based courses in the vocational program area of business and office education. A background and overview section contains the philosophy and rationale, discusses thinking skills and programs for exceptional children, and provides notes that…

This guide proposes a model for a comprehensive curriculum for secondary business education with a number of program options. A list of the complete course offerings indicates the courses required or recommended for all students choosing business as an area of study. A listing of prerequisite courses follows. The purpose and student populations…

These competencies and objectives are designed to assist business educators with the implementation of updated competency-based courses in administrative systems, business management, and information systems programs. Business education courses are arranged alphabetically. Information for each course includes the course title, course number,…

This curriculum guide provides the basic curriculum components required to develop lesson plans that address the learning outcomes for the area of machine transcription. It is not a complete, self-contained curriculum. Instead, the guide provides the teacher with a number of informational items related to the learning outcomes and allows him/her…