This teaching guide consists of statements of goals and objectives, teachers' notes and suggested activities, and lists of suggested materials to use in teaching two consecutive secondary-level shorthand and transcription courses. Covered first are the rationale behind each course, evaluation procedures to be used in the course, course time…

This competency-based shorthand I curriculum is organized into 19 learning units composed of 1 or 2 competencies. For each learning objective, a student competency sheet is provided with the following information: unit number and title, competency statement, performance objective, list of learning activities, and criterion evaluation. Where…

This booklet describes the thirteen sets of learning activity packages developed around the performance objectives specified in the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog. The thirteen sets provide information and learning activities for the following duties: (1) performing mail activities; (2)…

This guide provides secondary business teachers with ideas for teaching shorthand and evaluating students. Content is presented in six sections. The first section lists seven behavioral objectives for shorthand instruction. Section 2 presents strategies (suggestions) for handling the various components of shorthand instruction and includes…

Editorial, like clerical, proofreading cannot be left to chance; the know-how, what and why must be reviewed, recalled, reinforced, and refined daily. There are four avenues of daily activities available to the teacher to establish these skills: (1) homework reading assignment, (2) dictation-for-control material, (3) dictation for…

This is a specialized course in recording basic business terms in shorthand from dictation simulating actual office dictation with special attention given to developing a high degree of speed and accuracy. This course includes spelling, punctuation, and definitions of the most used business terms, preparation of a variety of office forms, and the…

This brief pamphlet sets up course guidelines, materials, procedures, resources, and objectives for the study of shorthand dictation. Its aim is to reinforce shorthand theory and develop speed and accuracy in dictation and transcription at the typewriter from dictated but previously studied material. Contents include a course description,…

This is an intensive course in taking dictation and transcribing materials related to the legal profession with a high degree of speed and accuracy. The course includes spelling, pronouncing, and defining the most-used legal terms, and a discussion of the ethics of the legal secretary and procedures unique to an attorney's office. Included are the…

A reprint of the shorthand syllabus and teaching handbook developed during 1961-2 by a committee of experienced teachers of shorthand working with the staff of the New York Bureau of Business and Distributive Education, the syllabus is provided to assist shorthand teachers who are currently preparing students in New York State secondary schools to…

This curriculum guide is one of nine such guides developed for an Alberta high school business education program. Its content covers the main subject area or strand of shorthand. Subject to the constraints outlined in the guide, the modules are to be formatted into three- or four-credit courses within each strand. Introductory materials include a…

This guide contains course outlines designed to assist teachers with the identification of research-based competencies for courses in business and office education. Outlines are provided for seven courses: typewriting, clerk typist one, clerk typist two, stenography one, stenography two, beginning shorthand, and advanced shorthand. Following a…

This document presents summaries of instructional strategies which are uniquely suited to develop student competencies through utilization of the business community. The instructional strategies are divided into ten areas: (1) all business education areas, (2) bookkeeping/accounting, (3) shorthand, (4) typewriting, (5) secretarial practice/office…

A uniform one-year vocational course in machine transcription which will build adequate knowledge and skills for immediate employment, irrespective of the makes or models of transcribing machines available in the school, requires a more comprehensive program than those currently available from commercial sources. The 180 special transcription…

The purpose of this paper is to examine some of the factors that may help to explain black-white differences in having had typing and/or shorthand courses in high school and in having used such training in occupations ostensibly requiring these skills. Data are from the National Longitudinal Surveys, with the subsets under consideration consisting…

Developed during a project designed to provide a continuous, competency-based line of vocational training in business and office education programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this package consists of an instructor's guide and learning modules for use in Shorthand I and Shorthand II. Various aspects of implementing and articulating…