Listed are thirteen economic concepts related to economic production, growth and stability, distribution of income, and economic systems which business educators need to understand. (MU)

The Test of Consumer Competencies was given to 4,300 prospective teachers. The low level of achievement in certain content areas among business education majors suggests areas in which preservice preparation for teaching consumer education could be improved. (SK)

Consumerism is now accepted with dignity, leading to a burgeoning forth of interest in and nationwide approval of consumer education. A creed is presented which offers some suggestions and guidelines by which the consumer educator can evaluate his own effectiveness, modify his criteria for excellence, and continue to make the course relevant. (SC)

Economic understandings of prospective business education teachers did not differ from a group of high-school students who had completed a one-semester course in secondary-level economics. (DM)