The scope of modern business courses seems to view as proper and modern the following objective: to provide students with the economic understandings necessary for them to effectively function as consumers, workers, and citizens in our mixed economy. The business course educates students about their economic rights, responsibilities, and roles.…

Briefly discusses programs designed and developed by Junior Achievement, focusing on the Applied Economics program, in which economic theory instruction is combined with practical usage. (AEM)

Presents three exercises using business and economic courses which introduce basic production theory to teach about the use of technology. Includes an illustration of production methods and a text passage with corresponding questions. (GEA)

The study addressed the question, "Did students within some areas of concentration in business outperform students in other areas of concentration in lower-division economics courses?" Results indicate the answer is "yes" and that the best performance comes from students in (1) accounting, (2) finance, and (3) management information systems. (CH)

An overview on the use of games and simulations in economics and management is provided. Emphasis is on game design and evaluation. (Author/RM)

Describes a student project in a general business course. (MU)

Economics, consumer education, and free enterprise education are all parts of basic business, according to the author. He provides a chart of the structure of basic business education content, arranged according to three areas of subject matter: problems area, foundational area, and relational area. (MF)

Discusses "Applied Economics," a high school economics program designed by Junior Achievement. Suggests that economics education should help students explore the current community and world experience through microeconomics and macroeconomics. Describes the program's effect at one school, and the simulations used to help students…

The implementation of a unified national system of non-degree courses in business administration, the Business Economic Council (BEC) courses, replaced the ordinary national diploma and certificate courses in business administration in British colleges in the 1970's. Widespread faculty concern that these new courses have not been providing…

The progress of Turkish institutions of higher learning as such progress relates to economics or commercial education is described. The presentation is by a visiting Turkish scholar at the Thut World Education Center. The content of Turkish economic education is cited with some of its theoretical problems identified. Various methodological and…

A simulated office experience in which the students, as employees, received pay checks, learned how to handle a checking account, and paid bills from their checks is advocated as a means of adding realism to a business class. (BP)

This article contains the names and addresses of Local Education Authority (LEA) advisers in Great Britain who are working with the Economics Association. The list was compiled to permit officers of the Association to work more easily with LEA's on matters such as K-12 inservice training. For journal availability see annotation in SO 504 983.…

Describes Buffland--a macro-economic computer simulation that was created for and used as part of a larger program called Free Enterprise Week, which is sponsored by the center for economic education at Nicholls State University (Louisiana) each summer. Discusses program objectives, theoretical foundation, program basics, and tools used to control…