The article discusses the need for a close working relationship between business education and the economic education movement, the recent curriculum and project developments that can contribute to this bond, and what economic education service centers can provide in the way of relevant resource materials for business education teachers.…

Policy statements concerning the role of business education in career education and consumer education. (SB)

A description of the methodology used in the teaching of the course described in this article has been submitted in the Ninth Annual Kazanjian Foundation Awards Program for the Teaching of Economics which is administered through the Joint Council on Economic Education. (Editor)

Suggests a cost-of-living unit for business education classes which provides students with exercises that allow them to estimate the income gained from full-time work and examine the costs of independent living. The areas examined are employment, housing, transportation, food, child care, clothing, medical care, and savings. (CT)

This excerpt of the author's address to the Business and Office Education Division of the American Vocational Association (1976 convention) presents a brief review of the background of the free enterprise system in America, how it affects the economy, why students should be taught the free enterprise system from their own point of view, and what…

Presents statements of the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education regarding the role of business educators generally and the role of business education in financial education. (JOW)

The Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education believes that (1) for America to continue its standard of living, its citizenry must understand, appreciate, and participate in the free enterprise system and (2) teacher education programs should include related business work experience for credit at the undergraduate and graduate…

Economics, consumer education, and free enterprise education are all parts of basic business, according to the author. He provides a chart of the structure of basic business education content, arranged according to three areas of subject matter: problems area, foundational area, and relational area. (MF)

Discusses the importance of teaching economic literacy in business education classes and the responsibility of business education teachers to attract students to their classes by promoting the educational aspects and vocational benefits to students and parents. (JOW)

Describes the organization and work of the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education, the policymaking body sponsored by the national graduate honorary business education fraternity and two national business education organizations. Reexamines the Commission's purposes and plans and lists its publications. (MF)

An economic educator writes about the compatibility of economics with the business curriculum and describes a new multi-volume curriculum guide in economics, recently published by his organization, the Joint Council on Economic Education, that should be helpful to business teachers. (MF)

Excerpts from a speech by the Chairman of the Board of Wells Fargo Bank addressed to the National Business Education Association (NBEA), San Francisco, California, April, 1976. (HD)