Word processing can be integrated into business courses, even if the school system doesn't have funds for word processing equipment. The basics of word processing have always been taught by business education teachers; however, it is now time to integrate more specifics regarding word processing skills, terminology, and concepts. (CT)

Milwaukee (Wisconsin) has two schools that offer courses in word processing as a part of their business education curriculum. The author describes how the two programs were established. (MLF)

This monograph is part of OPTIONS, a packaged set of materials developed to provide postsecondary administrators, program planners, curriculum developers, counselors, and instructors with up-to-date, reliable information. This volume and two other monographs are intended to enable counselors and instructors to establish and conduct special…

If a partnership between business education and career education is to be successful, teachers, staff, and community may need some retraining. Students will benefit from an educational program that makes them aware of life roles and provides the skills necessary to fill those roles. (Author/BP)

The importance of active student involvement is stressed in this discussion of a competency-based approach to career exploration. Five steps used in developing a one-semester, eighth-grade business exploration course are presented and described. Methods of teaching such a unit and advantages to this approach are discussed. (CT)

Suggestions for implementing learning activity centers for basic business. (HD)

Describes the development and use of learning activity centers in the basic business classroom--an instructional approach which offers an alternative to the traditional approach and which allows maximum student involvement. (TA)

Business educators can provide career guidance activities for high school students through recruitment, development, and placement activities. Techniques discussed are: slide/tape programs, films, tests, demonstrations, minicourses, occupational reference library, field trips, interest clubs, advisory committees, resource speakers, and placement…

Although accountants have used computers for tax planning and tax return preparation for many years, tax education has been slow to reflect the increasing role of computers in tax accounting. The following are only some of the tasks that a business education department offering undergraduate tax courses for accounting majors should perform when…

To insure student participation in a basic business class, a system of committees is suggested, small groups which perform various activities for the benefit of the entire class. Types of committees, forming committees, and a rotation plan for committee activity are outlined. (TA)

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)

Describes development of an enterprise education program at the University of Lancaster. Includes the development of business/enterprise awareness, acquisition of transferable personal skills useful in subsequent employment, and completion of a project in a working environment. Concludes that success of the program will depend on how it is…

This handbook was prepared to give both teachers and students basic background information about the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). Included are handouts, transparency masters, and suggested activities for implementing DECA on the local level. The first six sections of the guide cover the following: integrating DECA into marketing…

A study was conducted at Holy Family College (Pennsylvania) to assist in the development of an internship program, making practical and relevant use of the French language, as the capstone of a new degree program in Business-French. The study involved a survey of 160 local corporations with subsidiaries in France or French-speaking countries,…