Having business students work on commissioned projects from external clients provides an opportunity for problem-based learning. Projects should provide coherent strategies for curriculum support, potential for integration, specification of learning outcomes, emphasis on process as well as product, and occasion for reflective practice. (SK)

Explores the emergence of enterprise education in Australia in the 1990s and the links between the rhetoric of enterprise culture and vocational education policy and between Key Competencies initiatives and enterprise education. Discusses new metaphors for teaching and learning and proposes a cultural studies focus in vocational education. (SK)

This study accounts for the formation in England of the Business Education Council (BEC) in 1974, and its development and transitions into the Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) in 1983, and Edexcel Foundation in 1996. The article outlines the background and response to the 1969 report from the Committee on Technician Courses and…

The paper defines the handicapped student, reviews legislation affecting the handicapped, points out funding for mainstreaming of students, and describes approaches to providing business education to the handicapped. Three broad categories of disability--physical, mental/emotional, and educational--are defined. The mandates of the Education for…

THE AUTHOR ANALYZED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRENDS IN JUNIOR COLLEGE EDUCATION IN GENERAL AND EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS IN PARTICULAR. ACCORDING TO COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS, THE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION CAN CHOOSE AND DEVELOP COURSE OFFERINGS SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING--(1) A PROGRAM BASED ON SPECIFIC NEEDS OF LOCAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, (2) A TERMINAL…

Ways to involve knowledgeable people outside the vocational family in curriculum development and keep it up-to-date are described. (MS)

The Commissioner of Education presents his ideas concerning career education and the need for change. (JS)

The teacher of a junior high class for learning-disabled students recounts her class's experiences in running a bike repair business. The enterprise improved basic skills, interpersonal relationships, and gave students vocational experience. (DB)

Summative evaluation of a course on the social/demographic environment of business and public service (151 students) found that its vocational relevance needed improvement. The tutor-led, positivist quantitative approach of the evaluation will be refined to help students learn from the evaluation process and will incorporate nonpositivist…

This article presents the details of Qi Yuling v. Chen Xiaoqi et al case. The plaintiff Qi Yuling filed a lawsuit at the Intermediate People's Court in Zaozhuang, Shandong against defendants Chen Xiaoqi, Chen Kezheng, Jining Business School in Shandong ("Jining Business School"), the Eighth Middle School of Tengzhou, Shandong…

Addressed to the business education teacher, this guide is intended to provide appropriate information, viewpoints, and attitudes regarding the metric system and to make suggestions regarding presentation of the material in the classroom. An introductory section on teaching suggestions emphasizes the need for a "think metric" approach made up of…

This paper describes one of the key issue areas addressed by the White House Conference on Small Business, January 13-17, 1980. This issue area of Education, Training and Assistance was one of twelve major conference themes, which included Capital Formation and Retention; Minority Business Development; Economic Policy and Government Programs;…

AN 8-WEEK SEMINAR WAS HELD TO RETRAIN TEACHERS WITH A MINIMUM OF 3-YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS OR OFFICE EDUCATION TO TEACH BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING AND PROGRAMING TECHNIQUES. THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO ASSIST IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT NECESSARY FOR PREPARING COMPUTER PROGRAMERS AND APPLICATION ANALYSTS, AND TO DEVELOP COURSE MATERIAL,…