Tips for student teachers include visit the school and learn about policies and procedures, ask questions, be open minded, and give cooperating teachers some space. Cooperating teachers are encouraged to communicate, be open minded, make student teachers feel welcome, show confidence in them, and provide feedback. (SK)

Survey responses from 36 of 61 business faculty and 53 of 139 nonbusiness faculty found that both groups considered it unethical to give noncontributors authorship credit. However, business faculty reported the practice to be more prevalent and considered their colleagues more likely to do it. (SK)

Responses from 669 of 1,150 Missouri secondary business teachers revealed high levels of job satisfaction. Most were satisfied with relationships with students but 44% cited lack of support from parents and administrators as a problem. (SK)

Georgia secondary business teachers (n=25) and business teacher educators (n-22) completed Canfield's Instructional Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Inventory. Both groups preferred well-organized and logical learning situations, working with people, and hands-on activities. Both preferred teaching in an organized, logical manner, using…

Purpose - The principal aim of this paper is to present the case for securing greater affinity between the formal curriculum and the hidden curriculum with respect to integration in business education. Design/methodology/approach - Consideration is given to the concept of the hidden curriculum, as manifested in the compartmentalised nature of…

Technology is a part of most teacher education programs, but once teachers are in the classroom, they often discover it is difficult to find time to learn new things. Technology changes so fast that it is hard to keep up. Especially for elementary-level teachers, this problem simply means that it is difficult or impossible to efficiently integrate…

The field of business education has been driven by the needs of society since the beginnings of the nation's history--from apprenticeship training, to factory vestibule settings, to the emergence of the for-profit private business schools, to specialized vocational high schools, to the comprehensive secondary school, to business teacher…

Information about the exploration process during adolescence, its outcomes, and the variables affecting the process can help the business educator to develop better formal and/or informal strategies for exploring business occupations. (Author)

A systematic internship program for teachers is essential in maintaining high quality instruction in the junior college. This study investigates the need for junior college teachers and the type of preparation they require. It also covers existing college internship plans and the type of education desired for junior college teachers of business in…

Eight basic principles of learning are described and discussed in terms of practical learning strategies for typewriting. Described are goal setting, preassessment, active participation, individual differences, reinforcement, practice, transfer of learning, and evaluation. (SC)

What the campus trade union movement means to business educators. (Editor)

Train students for the CPS examination too. (Editor)

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)