States that because it is very difficult to determine what the objectives of business education are, much of business education can achieve little in terms of those objectives and can sometimes do harm. Advises a change in emphasis in order to advance the relevance and content of business education. (NRJ)

Describes a field-tested program for making students aware of and adept in skills that have brought success to business owners in their local community. Entrepreneurship education must be regarded as a complement to existing vocational and business education programs. (JOW)

One of a series of nine reports of Project ACTIVE (Attaining Competence for Teaching in Vocational Education), this report focuses on identification and validation of professional competencies (skills) important to vocational business education teachers. An overview of competency-based vocational teacher education (CBTE) and the Florida exemplary…

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 total office procedure systems. It is divided into two parts:…

A RESEARCH CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES AND PRIORITIES FOR NEEDED RESEARCH IN OFFICE EDUCATION. CONFERENCE LEADERS, SPEAKERS, AND PARTICIPANTS WERE DRAWN FROM STATE SUPERVISORS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH ASSISTANTS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, TEACHERS SPECIALIZING IN BUSINESS EDUCATION, BUSINESS MANAGERS, LABOR LEADERS, AND…

Describes the incorporation of multicultural issues into the Omaha, Nebraska, curriculum, including vocational education. Discusses how multicultural education promotes local, state, national, and international understanding that underlies a belief in the dignity of all people. (JOW)

A study was conducted to determine the aspirations, needs, and perceptions, by occupations and sex, of office personnel, high school students, and teachers in the Rocky Mountain region. There were nine population groups within these three subsets: office employees and their managers, four student groups--those with cooperative office experience…

This book contains the full text of papers and posters presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2021), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.), that this year had to be transformed into a fully Virtual Conference as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.…

In a presentation prepared for delivery to a congressional subcommittee, National Business Education Association viewpoints are presented on: The uniqueness of business education in the field of vocational education, the strengths of selected bills before Congress dealing with vocational education, and recommendations for further strengthening…

Since one of the main arguments against business as part of liberal education seems to be that it has practical applicability, one should look deeper into the use of the more traditional liberal education subjects. Historically, what we interpret as pure liberal education had at the same time high practical value; this is still true. What seems to…

THE TITLES, INSTITUTIONS, RESEARCHERS, AND DATES ARE GIVEN FOR 341 STUDIES OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION UNDERTAKEN IN MICHIGAN FROM 1937 TO 1963. THE RESEARCH, SURVEYS, ANALYSES, AND EVALUATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE STAFF OF THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND BY FACULTY MEMBERS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS OF EIGHT MICHIGAN INSTITUTIONS OF…

Describes a vocational education program in which English was taught as a second language, helping to instill in the participants a better view of themselves as well as hopes of gainful employment. (GB)

A statement by the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education. (Editor)

The advantages of integrating Business Professionals of America activities into the vocational business education classroom include student motivation and easier teaching. (JOW)