Purpose: The purpose of this study was to synthesize perceptions from the field about current issues and to propose future directions for the field of business education. Method: A modified three-stage Delphi study was carried out with business educators who attended national conferences and/or belonged to national professional organizations.…

Objective: This article presents a teacher education program graduates' perceptions of their preparedness to take on roles as FBLA, DECA, and BPA advisers. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to better understand impacts that the model of teacher preparation had on participants' confidence to perform their adviser roles. Method: A descriptive…

Portfolio assessment of teaching practice was first introduced into the University of Botswana's Faculty of Education in May 2010. This study sought to investigate the impact of this innovative new professional development/assessment system on the professional growth and development of in-service teachers. The findings of the study suggest that…

Background: Business teacher educators prepare business teachers and workers to be successful in today's constantly changing technological environment. Therefore, business teacher educators must meet the challenge to be prepared technologically to educate their students for the workforce. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine…

Diverse strategies for marking GCSE examinations have been identified, ranging from simple automatic judgements to complex cognitive operations requiring considerable expertise. However, little is known about patterns of strategy usage or how such information could be utilised by examiners. We conducted a quantitative analysis of previous verbal…

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived program management professional development needs of Idaho secondary business/marketing teachers (N = 233) in order to guide pre-service curriculum development and in-service training activities. Sixty-two percent (n = 146) of the 233 teachers completed a modified version of Joerger's (2002)…

Background: The literature contains very few studies that focused on evaluating the impact of professional development activities on student learning. And, many of these studies failed to determine whether the professional development activities met their primary goal--to improve the learning process. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to use…

A study was designed to determine how Minnesota Business Educators, Inc. (MBEI) could better serve the business educators in Minnesota. Findings were grouped by institutional affiliation, age, gender, experience, degrees, retirement plans, curriculum, problems, and what MBEI can do to help business educators. (JOW)

The article profiles Native Americans in the United States who own their own businesses. Kim Johnson, a member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, owns KC's Oil and Lube, a business on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. Johnson spoke to a business teacher at the "tribal college", received a scholarship, and took several…

The purpose of this study was to examine the (a) perceptions held by high school business education department chairpersons regarding the characteristics of individuals entering and remaining in the teaching profession and (b) characteristics of schools that have been successful in recruiting and retaining business education teachers. The findings…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the way three technology-trained business education teachers deliver content knowledge with the Internet in the traditional classroom. Interviews and observations were conducted to achieve this goal. Findings revealed that the three teachers experienced much difficulty in understanding teaching…

The article is concerned with step four in the process of developing a philosophy of business education--carefully delineating specific basic beliefs about business education and making certain these beliefs umbrella the various phases of business education at different educational levels. (Author/BP)

The Canadian Association of Business Education Teachers (CABET) was established in 1971 to develop and improve business education as well as act as a coordinating body for business education activities and information dissemination. Some of the major purposes and principles of CABET are outlined. (EC)