This report summarizes results obtained from a questionnaire mailed to 1,023 community college economics departments in the Fall of 1971. The basic objective was to ascertain the extent and type of instructional objective development and practice in community college economic education. The results obtained from this survey provide some indication…

The author proposes a new business core curriculum to overcome current criticisms of postsecondary business education. The objectives outlined are development of professional attitudes, communication skills, and leadership potential. (CH)

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 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…

Addressing ethics and diversity issues in statistics curriculum not only meets accreditation criteria but creates interesting and relevant applications of statistical tools. Objectives should be to recognize unethical uses of statistics, appreciate their usefulness in diversity issues, and recognize diversity in a population using statistical…

This teacher's guide on consumer literacy for grades 9-12 is designed for use in the following subject areas: business education, consumer law, economics, home economics, and social studies. Four units are included: (1) consumer decision making--consumer law and protection; (2) major shopping areas--transportation dilemma; (3) housing; and (4)…

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)

Describes an ongoing evaluation of the Junior Achievement elementary school program that includes formative, summative, and longitudinal studies. The formative phase discovered that the curriculum was appropriate for urban and suburban children, for both genders, and for a diverse array of ethnic groups. The summative study showed the need to…

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)

This book is designed to help readers improve their understanding of the economics of vocational education, encourage them to develop further their competencies in this realm, and to stimulate interest in broadening the scope of vocational education curricula to include content that will upgrade the economic literacy of vocational education…

Part of a minicourse on industrial relations, this simulation involves the entire class in competitive bargaining for a government contract. (KM)

A survey of secondary high school teachers and of college economists on the ideal content of an economics course for terminal high school students shows that there is a marked difference of opinion which might be bridged if the analytical tools of economics are used to help the individual understand and cope with his or her problems. (JH)

A review of some attempts to improve an undergraduate economics course is found in "Economics" available from Economics Association, Room 340, Hamilton House, London, WCIH 9BH.