A New Jersey study identified aptitude and personality traits of secondary male students who elected nontraditional career-related programs in vocational education. The sample of 182 eleventh- and twelfth-grade students included males enrolled in nontraditional subject areas, females from these same program areas, and males enrolled in traditional…

The general objective of the vocational office training program is to prepare high school and postsecondary students (general clerical, clerk typist, and stenographic) for initial office jobs and for advancement on the job. The handbook is designed to assist teacher/coordinators in implementing a vocational office training program and an intensive…

Intensive Business Training in Mississippi is designed to prepare students for immediate employment in secretarial and clerical jobs in a business office. It includes the learning and mastering of office procedures and techniques, with emphasis on depth and practice of putting basic office skills into vocational experience and practice. The two or…

This pamphlet describes a course designed to give students mastery over the 10-key and full-key adding-listing machines in solving special business problems. With course guidelines, performance objectives, course content, learning activities, evaluative instruments, student and teacher resources, the course content seeks to develop occupational…

Examines the intrusion of female employees into the traditionally male domain of office work from 1860 to 1914. Shows that sex-specific segregation was supported by a lack of training facilities for girls and by fact that these facilities supported the dominant sex-role structure. Focuses on the development of vocational schools for girls.…

Common qualifications for secretarial help are listed along with employers' pet peeves. Business educators must train prospective secretaries in qualities such as helpfulness, willingness to work, and judgment as well as in skills, in order to prepare them more adequately for the job market. (AG)

The study investigated areas of difference among accounting practitioners and educators regarding their perceptions of the aims of accounting education. Results are tabulated and discussed in detail. Twelve conclusions are presented, with nine recommendations for improvements in accounting education and practice. (SA)

THE 79 ITEMS LISTED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WERE SELECTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF TEACHER-COORDINATORS OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS PROGRAMS. EXAMPLES OF MATERIAL INCLUDED ARE A COMBINATION TEXTBOOK-WORKBOOK WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING IN ALPHABETIC INDEXING, A COMBINATION TEXTBOOK-WORKBOOK WHICH CONTAINS PENMANSHIP DRILLS AND DIAGNOSTIC DRILLS, A PAPERBOUND BOOK…

PREPARED FOR TEACHER-COORDINATORS OF OFFICE EDUCATION, THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES 53 TITLES WITH NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PUBLISHERS. MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED FOR TYPING, BUSINESS ARITHMETIC, BUSINESS ENGLISH, CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING, DATA PROCESSING, SHORTHAND, BUSINESS MACHINES, INCOME TAX, INSURANCE, HUMAN RELATIONS, AND SPELLING. BRIEF ANNOTATIONS…

THESE GUIDELINES WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OCCUPATIONS TEACHER EDUCATION CLINICS HELD IN 1966. THE PURPOSE OF THESE GUIDELINES WAS TO ESTABLISH RECOMMENDED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS, GENERAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COURSES, AND LEVELS OF SUBJECT MATTER COMPETENCIES. THEY ALSO DESCRIBE THE QUALITIES AND…

While business instructors are still teaching spirit and stencil duplicating processes, most businesses now use copiers or offset printing processes. The article discusses offset and copier skills needed by office workers, pointing out that the processes being taught should be compatible with those used in business. (MF)

Because of the projected increase in demand for office workers who are computer literate, secondary business educators should increase their efforts to include training in the use of microcomputers in their curriculum. (NRJ)

The Secretary amends the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to remove obsolete regulations. As a result of the enactment of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, these regulations are no longer needed. The Secretary therefore takes this action to remove the regulations. Part 345 is removed effective March 25, 2004.