The study attempts to verify the affective competencies which vocational-technical areas in common require of students, and to validate those required in agriculture, business and office, distributive, home economics, and industrial education. The affective competencies were identified so that they might be a major part of the learning sequence,…

The document is an evaluation report of an exemplary program to introduce eighth grade students of Sherwood High School (Sherwood, Oregon) to an exploratory and career-oriented program in the four areas of business education, home economics, industrial education, and vocational agriculture--horticulture. The assessment team gave major overall…

Designed for use by practitioners and classroom teachers with varying backgrounds and teaching experience, this curriculum guide is intended as a pattern to aid in the enrichment and development of more inclusive curriculums. Complete with behavioral objectives, course content, suggested learning activities, materials and equipment, teacher…

The directory is an unannotated list of approved occupational training programs found in the secondary schools of Illinois. Entries are listed alphabetically by location. Counties are listed with each school location to differentiate between similar location names. Programs are grouped under five occupational areas: applied biological and…

The Creative Marketing Project is a group study in marketing for distributive education students, designed to take up at least one semester. The document uses a project developed by students in the distributive education department of the Marion-Mullins Vocational Education Center, entitled "The Shopping Story, Mullins, S.C.," to provide…

For each of about 2,000 U.S. government films, the following information is given: length, millimeter, color or black-and-white, sale price, rental price, order number, and producing agency. For some, year of production is also listed. There is a one-sentence description of each film. Films are listed by subject and indexed by title and subject.…

The business education curriculum for the Fort Benton school system was designed with funds under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the vocational technology curricula to develop skills and attitudes that will permit students to find satisfaction and success in their careers. The curriculum, designed for grades…

In reviewing the current practices in business education and speculating on future needs, eight challenges are presented which are important to the continuation of an effective business education program. Among the challenges listed are teaching consumerism for a new standard of living and expanding and improving adult business education. (BM)

The Philadelphia Business Academy is a vocational work-study program based on a public education/private industry partnership. The program is undergoing modifications in response to new state requirements for school promotions. The moderations are detrimental to the unique features of this program and may affect its future success. (VM)

The Oakland County, Michigan, school system computer accounting program is described in which vocational high school accounting students utilize the computer as a tool in the classroom. (TA)

Vocational education students have been traditionally excluded from participating in nonvocational areas of their schools. A teacher initiated new programs to reduce prejudice against vocational education students, allowing them to participate fully in extracurricular activities and in the National Honor Society. (TA)

This report presents the statistics of 902 private, commercial and business schools reporting in 1920. Only 12 more schools reported in 1920 than in 1918. In addition to these, there were 380 other schools of this character which did not submit a report. Of the 902 schools reporting, 841 were nondenominational commercial schools and 61 were…

Higher education institutions (HEIs) play an important role in the generation of high-tech "entrepreneurial capacity". As entrepreneurship education gives greater attention to the creation of new ventures, there is an urgent need for a better understanding of the attitudes of students, potentially the entrepreneurs of the future. Logit…

The Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education, Manila, the Philippines, a very small institution in terms of people and resources, has made a significant impact influencing numerous ministries of education to inculcate entrepreneurship training into technical/vocational education. The college has evolved an effective process for…

Summarized are comments made in response to a national survey of teacher educators at NABTE institutions, as presented in an address to NATEBOE members at the American Vocational Association's 1975 Convention; questions concerned major trends and developments influencing business education. (AJ)