The course is designed to help the student qualify for employment as a typist in a legal office. Instruction is given to enable the student to prepare all types of legal documents, spell and use legal terminology correctly, and transfer legal information from one document to another. The course description includes: (1) equipment and supplies, (2)…

A mini-course for ninth graders was designed to provide an awareness of skills needed to obtain jobs in business and of the kinds of jobs available. Some successful career exploration activities and some to avoid are described along with the process of gathering resource materials. (Author/MS)

To give students the necessary basic economic concepts in the general business course, Monroe-Woodbury High School, Central Valley, New York, expanded the curriculum to offer seven quarter-courses in economics, the court system, principles of banking and insurance, consumer education, the working citizen, and business management. (MF)

This study of a Distributive Education Program in a predominantly black southern urban high school notes that the graduates of the vocational program enter jobs which ultimately may not be able to provide them with stable employment and job security and that these students would not pose much of a threat to their white classmates in competition…

Delaware's experimental project to incorporate computer technology into vocational business programs enables students to use the computer without being data processing specialists. Seven modules suitable for secondary and postsecondary programs have been produced. (MF)

In order to help students be aware of postsecondary educational opportunities, guidelines are offered to teacher-coordinators of secondary cooperative vocational education programs for keeping a resource file of 2- and 4-year college programs, college catalogs and resource personnel, and other information for business careers. (MF)

Proposes and describes the Statement of Student Trainee Learning Objectives (SSLO), an alternative (which combines the individual student's behavioral learning objectives and the management by objectives used by business and industry) to the traditional training plan for the on-the-job learning experiences of business/distributive education…

Business education enrollments can be increased by means of the recordkeeping course. It is a valuable general offering since it meets both personal finance and job skill needs. It provides an opportunity for some students to explore career opportunities in business and start on a career plan. (EM)

In response to the challenge to expand the basic business curriculum, the authors describe a program for high school business students in which the computerized business game is used to promote a better understanding of the free enterprise system. (EM)

Provides background information on what is involved in word processing (WP), reviews the attitudes of business people and educators, and offers business teachers methods and suggestions for incorporating WP training into their business programs and for enlisting the help of organizations, businesses, and educational institutions. (TA)

Aspects to be considered in planning to teach student rights and responsibilities in the business law course are discussed. Topics that might be included (e.g., the right to public education, freedom of expression, student publications, dress codes, patriotism and religion, search and seizure) are suggested for adding relevance to the course. (TA)

The author defines employability skills and argues that such skills are needed by almost all persons. She discusses why business educators should teach employability skills and what content should be taught. She concludes by listing actions business educators could take to promote this issue. (CH)

The paper details teaching methods that have proved successful in teaching money management skills to secondary special education students (e.g., use of real money, organization of money before counting, transitions when counting different bill denominations, instruction in various bill combinations, sequence of introducing coin combinations, and…

Two curriculum guides for postsecondary information systems programs are those of the Association for Computing Machinery and the Data Processing Management Association. The National Business Education Association offers both a Business Teacher Education Curriculum Guide and a K-14 Curriculum Guide. (CH)

The author reviews the statements of purpose of home economics education, social studies education, business education, and health education. She states that knowledge of home economics and other, related subject areas is important to promotion of home economics in the schools. (CH)