Describes the organization and work of the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education, the policymaking body sponsored by the national graduate honorary business education fraternity and two national business education organizations. Reexamines the Commission's purposes and plans and lists its publications. (MF)

Studies the extent to which there is a strong market in the business world for students who have majored in economics in their undergraduate years. Employment trends are discussed with regard to business and with regard to teaching positions in the field of economics. (DB)

The level of national economic literacy is an important question facing basic business educators. This article discusses the responsibility of business educators, important research in basic business, teacher influence, and implications to basic business teachers. (HD)

Attempts to establish a parallel between Economic and Industrial Understanding (EIU) and language; and to discover how to teach children EIU while taking into consideration their stage of language development. A small pilot study examined the role of language in the formation of economic awareness and attitudes of 11 primary school children. (MDM)

Discusses the contributions of Junior Achievement to the curriculum from kindergarten through high school. Describes economic programs for elementary schools, junior and middle schools, and high schools. Includes Project Business, Economics of Staying in School, K-6 Initiative, and Applied Economics. Gives brief descriptions of each Junior…

Publications listed in this index are limited to specific business education publications and those related to business education. Journals essential to research and teaching in the broad business education spectrum with emphasis on information systems, economic education, business teacher education, and vocational education are included in the…

Great Britain's Institute of Marketing, in response to the educational needs of the business community, has revised its Diploma in Marketing. New training requirements, a higher standard of qualification, and a two-year course of study replace the old three-year Diploma course. (MW)

An economic educator writes about the compatibility of economics with the business curriculum and describes a new multi-volume curriculum guide in economics, recently published by his organization, the Joint Council on Economic Education, that should be helpful to business teachers. (MF)

Excerpts from a speech by the Chairman of the Board of Wells Fargo Bank addressed to the National Business Education Association (NBEA), San Francisco, California, April, 1976. (HD)

Describes a computer literacy program in a business/economics department designed to help students apply computer technology to their chosen fields rather than to develop special skills as programers or systems managers. Includes program goals/objectives and a list of computer programs (with brief descriptions) used in the various economics…

Discusses the initiative by the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum to teach economic concepts and skills in all subject areas. Describes the Scottish government's Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) and enterprise education programs. (LS)

Presents the conclusions of the Economics Association's Primary Economic Awareness Working Group. Discusses the need for economic awareness instruction in the British elementary schools. Offers examples and identifies sources of support for economic awareness instruction. Argues that economics education can be developed as a continuum in the…

This directory, an update of the 1979 edition, provides information on nonprofit organizations with a stated interest in business, consumer, career and/or economic education. The directory has three primary purposes: (1) to provide school administrators, curriculum developers, and teachers with a comprehensive source of information about nonprofit…

The article was written to provide the classroom teacher of business and economics with information that complements the investment unit, but is not found in most textbooks. The brief history gives an overview of American investing from 1790 to the present. (Author/AJ)

The ten papers included in this document discuss the following topics: educating Americans about the United States economic system, writing and publishing your next book, the advantages and disadvantages of one-way and two-way communication in business (e.g., writing versus telephoning), structural flexibility in business communication courses,…