The textbook is intended to be useful to inservice teachers of business subjects, to college and university teachers of methods courses in business, and to students enrolled in methods courses. After two introductory chapters dealing generally with business education, the teacher's role, the learning process, and planning for instruction, four…

This curriculum guide describes the accounting curriculum in the following three areas: accounting clerk, bookkeeper, and nondegreed accountant. The competencies and tasks complement the Arizona validated listing in these areas. The guide lists 24 competencies for nondegreed accountants, 10 competencies for accounting clerks, and 11 competencies…

Developed through synthesis and review of existing task analysis literature, this guide lists tasks expected to be performed by workers in four business and office occupations and presents information for incorporating these tasks into secondary and postsecondary competency based educational programs. Task listings are presented for the following…

Designed to assist teachers and counselors in the articulation between secondary and postsecondary bookkeeping-accounting programs, this project developed competencies and levels that could be used in developing courses and planning capstone programs, in assisting students in program and course selections, and in easing student transition from…

This journal contains a series of articles dealing with business education generally, and courses in Ohio particularly. Included in the volume are the following articles: "Ohio Business and Office Education: FY 82," by Daniel J. Vicarel; "Making a Guest Speaker an Effective Experience," by Wilma Swearingen; "The Impact of…

Designed to assist business educators with the implementation of competency-based instruction, these course outlines identify recommended competencies and skill areas for beginning workers in accounting, business data processing, clerical accounting, and recordkeeping occupations. Each outline contains listings of enabling, terminal, and personal…

Coastline Community College has developed a series of guides to assist adults who wish to obtain college credit or advanced standing in evaluating and verifying their non-college learning experiences. This guide lists the competency requirements of seven courses within the Business Management and Marketing program: Principles of Accounting,…

Supporting performance objective 28 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on preparing a payroll register, employee earnings' records, and paychecks are included in this packet, which is one in a series. The student materials include a…

This curriculum guide was developed to help administrators develop a competency-based postsecondary curriculum to prepare students for employment in business and office occupations. The content is in five sections. The first one introduces the concepts and techniques of competency-based education and includes some sample forms, such as student…

The document is one of five summary reports, all part of a Pre-Technical Curriculum Planning Project for secondary students who aspire to technical employment or post secondary technical education. This report represents the results of an assessment of the northeast Florida areas technical occupations in business. A three-phase approach was…

This manual is designed as a tool for development workers to use in teaching the MICRON accounting system to persons in developing areas. (Developed by a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia, MICRON is a simplified accounting system that is intended for use in small businesses.) The first chapter of the manual is devoted to an overview of the nature…

This manual, the Spanish translation of a guide on accounting for microbusinesses, is designed as a tool for development workers to use in teaching the MICRON accounting system to persons in developing areas. (Developed by a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia, MICRON is a simplified accounting system that is intended for use in small businesses.)…

This model instructional unit was developed to aid business teachers in Louisiana to prepare students in grades 10-12 for business and office employment, further educational experiences, and responsible consumer activity. It provides guidance on model performance objectives, current technology content, sources, and supplemental materials.…

This guide contains instructional materials to aid business education teachers in teaching business skills in Alaska secondary schools. The materials include five units covering the following topics: human relations as a separate unit and as integrated into other daily activities such as planning and organizing work activities and grooming,…

A project was conducted to update an existing high school business and office occupations education curriculum to include instruction in the use of computers and word processing equipment. The existing curriculum was assessed and revised in order to provide students with training in the following areas: the impact of computers on employment; the…