Evidence indicates that economics education is inadequate and business education professionals are in a position to address the problem. Infusion of economic education into the business education curriculum is a realistic possibility. Many business educators already incorporate economics into their curriculum. (JOW)

Candyconomy is a technique that uses a single commodity to illustrate several basic concepts in economics such as scarcity and choice, opportunity cost, trade-offs and decision-making, exchange, supply and demand, and equilibrium. The example has been used with over 5,000 elementary and secondary students. (JOW)

It is imperative that individuals understand the economic system in which they operate. Business educators should address people's needs by preparing them as consumers, producers, and citizens. (JOW)

Presents strategies for basic business writing activities based on a model that views writing as an art of discovery, that assumes topics are developed intuitively, and that views writing as recursive and not linear. The use of current economic events as a source of writing activities is encouraged. (SK)

Encourages business teachers to advocate the private enterprise system and to attempt to present a totally balanced input of information so that students will have a sound basis for forming reasonable and fair attitudes. Presents suggested subjects for classroom discussion on economics, government, and labor.(CT)

Analysis of subscriber patterns of economic or business education listservs shows that 701 of 1,209 subscribers are from higher education. Many are clustered in just a few states. (SK)

Presents information on the economics of diversity from an individual and a business point of view. Suggests appropriate units in which to integrate diversity training in the basic business/economics curriculum. (Author)

Moving from a broad perspective of the effect of rapid societal fluctuation on education, the author focuses on the vocational orientation of business education and its furture. (AG)

Explains how to create and use case studies to assess student performance in economics. Provides resources for developing performance assessment activities. (SK)

Lists a variety of sources of economics education materials for elementary and secondary education. (JOW)

A study of 236 11th-grade accounting students was conducted to measure the economic literacy of students enrolled in high school business education. It was found that those students who had accounting instruction had mean scores that were higher than those students who did not have accounting instruction. (CT)

Describes recent materials useful for secondary classes in economic education available through the National Specialized Economic Education Center for Business Education. (CH)

Team learning activities were implemented in two undergraduate macroeconomics courses and graduate-level economics and policy courses. The team approach promoted better individual effort and attendance, more interaction and peer teaching, and increased orientation to mastery of the learning goals. (SK)

If business educators are to develop the economic literacy of students, they must address such dimensions of the changing worldwide economic order as the European Community. (JOW)

Economic reasoning skills integrate easily with the business education curriculum and enhance students' development of decision-making and problem-solving techniques. One method involves having students apply deductive reasoning to economic mysteries. (JOW)