The study of ethics has much to offer secondary school students. As students search to define their moral values and responsibilities, business educators can help them to develop their ability to reason carefully about complicated issues and problems. (Includes learning activities.) (Author)

Discusses the challenges of teaching desktop publishing (DTP); the industry is in flux with the software packages constantly being updated. Indicates that the demand for those with DTP skills is great. (JOW)

The foundations for a sport and entertainment business curriculum are business and marketing concepts. Curriculum areas include business foundation, journalism, governance, information management, sporting goods industry, facilities, special event administration, and economic benefit. (JOW)

For students to understand the financial consequences of their marketing actions, they must learn about two fundamental analysis tools: break-even analysis and sales coverage analysis. (JOW)

"Innovations for Student Organizations" (Gandy, Snider) describes the Arizona chapter of Future Business Leaders of America/Phi Beta Lambda; "Scholarship + Leadership + Cooperation = Delta Pi Epsilon" (Brown) discusses the national honor society in graduate business education; and "Loyalty + Service + Progress = Pi Omega…

Traditional lecture was presented to 23 high school students; lectures reinforced with multimedia were presented to 24 students. Achievement as measured by pretest and posttest was extremely close; class average for the traditional group was 71%, for the multimedia group 78%. (JOW)

States that growing use of speech recognition software has made voice writing an essential computer skill. Describes how to present the topic, develop basic speech recognition skills, and teach speech recognition outlining, writing, proofreading, and editing. (Contains 14 references.) (SK)

This student workbook on starting a small business is part of the entrepreneur training program at Ocean County (New Jersey) Vocational-Technical Schools. The workbook consists of 16 units containing goals and objectives, study questions, exercises, sample materials, and information sheets. Unit topics are as follows: being a small business owner;…

This article describes procedures for developing and operating a classroom company, to integrate the study of money and business management into the daily curriculum. The article covers planning, organizing, writing learning contracts, integrating company activities into the curriculum, creating company product ideas, defining company officer…

Data were collected on the demographic characteristics, educational backgrounds, and perceptions/attitudes of the approximately 1,429 business and marketing education teachers who were among the subsample of 3,538 vocational teachers and total sample of 56,051 public school teachers who participated in the 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey.…

A discussion of current issues and problems in the area of business education as well as research materials produced in the field are presented in the document. The materials are divided in four sections. Section 1, The Role of Business Education at Various Educational Levels, provides an overview of the roles and functions of business education…

The article discusses how a teacher can avoid boredom in her typing class by using imaginative ideas, coordinating activities, picking materials carefully, putting various equipment and materials to work, and varying class activities. (BP)

More typing related activities should be used by the classroom teacher. These include such varied activities as typing applicant blanks, proofreading, typing reports, and the purchase and servicing of typewriters. (BP)

Describes seven essential considerations for shorthand writing skill development: (1) observe students as they write, (2) use postviews as well as previews, (3) dictate in thought phrases, (4) force the speed, (5) reduce hesitations, (6) provide immediate feedback, and (7) require homework practice. (TA)