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AIKIN, BRENTON R. – 1966
SOME OF THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN BUSINESS EDUCATION IN THE SMALL SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 350 OR LESS, ARE EXPLORED. SUGGESTIONS ARE BASED ON OBSERVATIONS OF PRACTICES IN SELECTED SMALL SCHOOLS, AN EXAMINATION OF THE LITERATURE IN THE FIELD, AND CONFERENCES WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, AND BUSINESSMEN. GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Guidelines, High Schools, Office Occupations Education
Barr, Lowell L.; Fairchild, Patricia – 1984
Designed to update an original study conducted two years ago, this study questioned businesses across Wyoming about the job skills needed by persons graduating from high school and immediately entering the work force in office occupations. A questionnaire was sent to 210 businesses across the state, with a response rate of 62 percent (137…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Clerical Occupations, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1983
This guide is intended to help vocational teachers design and implement a cluster program in office occupations (clerical and secretarial, including word processing). The guide suggests teaching ideas for a program aimed at high school students, as well as those wishing to enter community college, university, or apprenticeship programs. To develop…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Clerical Occupations, Course Content, Course Organization
Suver, J. Allen; And Others – 1978
The second phase of a curricular articulation project conducted as a coordinated effort among school districts, vocational-technical institutes, and community colleges involved in the Northeast Vocational Advisory Council (NEVAC) developed career ladders in three vocational program areas and a model useful to others developing similar ladders. The…
Descriptors: Accounting, Articulation (Education), Business Education, Business Skills
Lanham, Frank W. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of utilizing the systems approach in developing an office occupations curriculum congruent with the concepts in the organic curriculum theory. The title of this project is New Office and Business Education Learning System (NOBELS). An analog system model was developed as the framework in…
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Feasibility Studies
Burmester, Allan – 1984
A project was conducted to revise an existing office occupations curriculum to incorporate the use of telecommunications into simulated office practice and to train teachers in the use of equipment required to implement the updated curriculum. During the first phase of the project, teachers from two high schools in the school district designed the…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development, High Schools
Canipe, Stephen – 1988
This module presents information to administrators and teachers planning to use telecommunications in the business and office curriculum in grades 9-12. It accompanies three modules designed for use in three courses in which a unit on telecommunications can be taught. The module addresses four major needs. The first section discusses required…
Descriptors: Business Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
Ascension Parish School Board, Donaldsonville, LA. – 1984
This demonstration introduced microcomputers into St. Amant High School in Louisiana by instituting a word/information processing program. Microcomputers, printers, and necessary software were purchased, and the manufacturer's educational representative instructed the word/information processing teacher on the operation of the equipment. The…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Beaverton School District 48, OR. – 1984
A model high school accounting cluster program was planned, developed, implemented, and evaluated in the Beaverton, Oregon, school district. The curriculum was developed with the help of representatives from the accounting occupations in the Portland metropolitan area. Through management interviews, identification of on-the job requirements, and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Computer Oriented Programs, Course Content
Marrs, Glenna – 1991
In an effort to provide consistency in office practice/procedures course titles and content, a study was conducted in Wyoming that found that at least 40 Wyoming high schools (55 percent) offer office practice, office procedures, or a similar class. Wyoming junior/community colleges provided information showing that four junior/community colleges…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Community Colleges, Competence, Competency Based Education
WOODIN, RALPH – 1966
THE IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS OF 17 NEW MEXICO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TEACHERS FOR DEVELOPING OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION ARE PRESENTED. WORKING AS SIX COMMITTEES, THE GROUP PRODUCED REPORTS ON (1) IMPORTANCE OF OCCUPATIONAL WORK-EXPERIENCE, (2) COOPERATIVE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, (3) TYPES OF…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees, Career Guidance
Southeastern Illinois Vocational System, Harrisburg. – 1992
The Southeastern Illinois Technical Preparation project was undertaken to develop sequenced tech prep programs in principles of technology/electronics, computer programming, and secretary/business management at nine high schools and Southeastern Illinois College with emphasis on preparation in mathematics, science, and communication and on…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Business Education, Career Awareness
Rinaldi, Joseph G. – 1985
This project was conducted to implement a word processing unit of study within the office practice classes at Pottstown (Pennsylvania) Senior High School, using microcomputers. An additional purpose was to provide access to microcomputer accounting applications in the office practice classes. During the project, the following activities were…
Descriptors: Accounting, Competency Based Education, Computer Software, Course Content
Community Coll. of Rhode Island, Warwick. – 1994
This program guide for educators outlines how the tech prep program has evolved in Rhode Island, the type of students most likely to benefit from the program, and how the program works. It begins with tech prep success stories, tech prep associate degree activity timeline, and director of Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) Tech Prep…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Business Education
Community Coll. of Rhode Island, Warwick. – 1994
This student handbook begins with an introduction to and rationale for the Rhode Island Tech Prep Associate Degree Program. Tech prep student success stories are followed by two sections that discuss why the student needs a tech prep program and what the Rhode Island Tech Prep Associate Degree Program is. Benefits that tech prep students enjoy are…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Business Education
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