The economic system is an important factor affecting consumer decisions. Students need opportunities to study the economic system so that they can understand how their decisions influence the system and are influenced by it. (JOW)

Business education should prepare students to work in business and teach them about business. Economics education is intended to help high school graduates make reasoned judgments about major economic issues facing them and society. The Joint Council on Economic Education has been the principal catalyst in bridging business education and economic…

This study examines the relationships among the students' achievement or knowledge, the students' gender, and the students' attitude toward economics as a subject or discipline. (JOW)

The combination of consumer mathematics and economics has the potential to make a sizable contribution in preparing students to become effective consumers. Students must understand economic as well as mathematical concepts, and consumers need to adapt to changing economic conditions and life styles. (JOW)

The idea that office educators should teach economic concepts and discuss economic issues should be seen as an opportunity to fulfill business education's responsibility to help office education students develop skills and understanding that will better prepare them for successful careers. (JOW)

Teachers of business law have many opportunities to integrate basic economic principles into their business law classes and therefore contribute to students' economic as well as legal literacy. Discusses a number of specific learning activities resources. (JOW)

Presents ideas regarding the inclusion of economics in the marketing and distributive education (MDE) program at the secondary level. Specifically explains how economics fits into the MDE program, identifies economic concepts relevant to marketing, and discusses available materials and instructional aids. (JOW)

Examines ways in which economics can enhance the business education curriculum. Discusses the process of using existing curriculum as the basis for integration using four steps: (1) examination of economic content, (2) examination of course curriculum, (3) determination of applicable economic concepts, and (4) selection of activities and…

The idea of free enterprise education is discussed. The need for such education, what it would entail, when, where, and how it should be taught are all examined. Organizations from which free enterprise materials, packaged courses, and films may be obtained are listed. (CT)

Describes a 1980 analysis of accredited undergraduate business schools to determine the amount of economics coursework they required. Some of the results showed that accredited schools are likely to require more economics than nonaccredited schools, and that recommendations made in two major studies regarding number and types of economics courses…

Business education teachers can make a major contribution toward developing a variety of economic understandings and improving economic literacy in general business classes. (JOW)

The importance of the marketing plan is stressed as an integrative device for teaching marketing management, and a structure is presented to assist students in designing a marketing plan. Components of this plan include marketing objectives, targeting market and buying motives, external environment and competition, product, price, and promotion.…

Two techniques are described in helping business education students understand the causes of change in the amount of working capital and cash flow from operations. (Author)

This article examines the Joint Council on Economic Education through a look at its reasons for existence; the goals, basic operating principles, and organizational patterns of the Council network; and how the Council network provides materials and programs for business educators. (CT)

Reviews four broad clusters of concepts which are of fundamental importance for consumer economic understanding in the secondary school and gives suggestions that can be used to build a consumer economics program in the secondary school. (LRA)