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.…

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)

THE TITLES, INSTITUTIONS, RESEARCHERS, AND DATES ARE GIVEN FOR 341 STUDIES OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION UNDERTAKEN IN MICHIGAN FROM 1937 TO 1963. THE RESEARCH, SURVEYS, ANALYSES, AND EVALUATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE STAFF OF THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND BY FACULTY MEMBERS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS OF EIGHT MICHIGAN INSTITUTIONS OF…

Formal and informal markets for football stickers and children's pocket money budgets are discussed. Included is a questionnaire that can be used by junior high school students to investigate these topics locally. The materials have been successfully used in the classroom. (Author/RM)

The development and effectiveness of the Central American Management Institute (INCAE), a 12-year-old school that specializes in training top business administration people in Latin America, is discussed. INCAE's view is that economic development is the key to social change, especially in the third world. (LBH)

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)

Explores the projected oversupply of new economics Ph.D.s and its implications for college and university programs. Topics discussed include undergraduate enrollment in economics and business courses, the emergence of business schools as a growth market for economists, relative salary movements, field switching, and shifts in the kinds of doctoral…

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)

Suggests that business students should be offered business-related economics courses on subjects such as managerial economics and business conditions analysis. Philosophy and content of these courses are suggested. (DB)

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 instructions for playing "Widgets and Blasters," an educational game designed to illustrate the functioning of a competitive market and help students understand economic models. Explains that the aims of the activity are to encourage students to identify the pattern of price over time and analyze the pattern in terms of…

Introduces the topic of economic and industrial education as it applies to early childhood education, pointing out that it is crucial for educators to gain sound economic and industrial experience to provide meaningful learning experiences to their students. (MDM)

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)