This bibliography, part of the Vocational Education Resource Materials system is designed to: (1) Encourage and support curriculum development and instructional activities in vocational education and career development through collection and dissemination of appropriate materials, (2) supplement and complement efforts of the (Wisconsin) State…

Presents an approach to teaching computer literacy that will motivate students to learn and understand basic computer vocabulary, encourage student research activities, and provide opportunity for verbal presentation by students. (JOW)

Secondary career-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…

Secondary career-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…

This article makes an argument for including a capstone, or end-of-term, business simulation course in community college business curricula. The International Business Practice Firm (IBPF), a worldwide virtual business network, is proposed as a foundation for such a course. The author argues that, in general, graduates of college business programs…

Moving from a broad perspective of the effect of rapid societal fluctuation on education, the author focuses on the vocational orientation of business education and its furture. (AG)

The glossary is one of twenty in various subject areas of vocational education designed to assist the student in vocabulary mastery for particular vocational education courses. They are part of the Vocational Reading Power Project, Title III, E.S.E.A. This glossary is for a course in advanced display. It is divided into two parts: one provides the…

The author views the high school dropout problem in relation to the need for high school graduates with business operational and administrative backgrounds. He suggests the use of Business Operational and Administrative Training Program (BOAT) as an innovative response to the problem. (AG)

Most new businesses fail from a lack of management skills; many never start because self-employment is not offered to young people as a career option. Vocational education must help remedy both situations. (JOW)

Examines Austria's practice firm educational concept that helps reduce entrepreneurial risks by providing hands-on training for business students. The organization, international scope, and benefits of practice firms are discussed. (GR)

The vocational education of business should actively adapt the demands of the domestic and foreign business development to cultivate high-quality applicable talents with international knowledge. The traditional business specialty teaching and the talent cultivation mode have not followed the domestic and foreign market demands, and are difficult…

The purpose of this article is to provide descriptive information regarding the current instructional approaches used in business and office education classrooms. Questions considered are (1) how do current methods compare with those observed in "A Study of Schooling?" and (2) how do methods in business education classrooms compare with…