A program covering the duties and knowledge required of a legal secretary. (MS)

Discusses the use of school publications for promoting business education. Gives specific suggestions on writing news articles. (JOW)

Describes methods for integrating the business community into the A level (college preparatory) business studies curriculum through use of updated information such as organizational periodicals and data produced by firms, visits to firms, and case studies prepared by businesses. (KC)

By incorporating a discussion of systems into the beginning accounting class, students will have a more accurate picture of business and the role accounting plays in it. Students should understand the purpose of forms, have a basic knowledge of flowcharting principles and symbols, and know how source documents are created. (CT)

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)

Stating that small business represents most of the nation's business but that business courses focus on corporate giants, the author presents arguments for a course in small business management. This course could prepare students for small business opportunities and provide an understanding of the nature of small business management and ownership.…

Educators who teach business communications must also assume responsibility for providing secretarial students with real-life communications experiences. (HD)

Examples are offered of how the classroom teacher can blend consumer education into typewriting, business English, business math, and other classes by intentionally focusing on principles and concepts or by including it incidentally when the opportunity arises. (TA)

A good shorthand teacher uses the laboratory both as a device for improving instruction and for personal growth and enrichment. Teachers who advantageously use the lab have the satisfaction of knowing that they are using all the tools at their command, making them better teachers and better professional individuals. Ways that the shorthand lab can…

"Be All that You Can Dream," a simulation workshop to teach entrepreneurship at Lorain County Joint Vocational School (Ohio), involves students in simulated planning, construction, and promotional activities for a shopping mall. Local business people observe and interview the students as they work, and the activity culminates in a tour,…

Business teachers who teach computer applications face three major challenges: making their classes attractive to students; managing individualized, multiactivity classes; and developing independent business software users. The last-mentioned goal is the primary reason for the existence of the business department. (SK)

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…

Discusses using lectures with follow-up case studies, journal article reviews, interviews and group projects in secondary introductory business courses. (SR)