Offers some strategies for teaching accounting at the secondary level, including (1) know your students, (2) assume nothing, (3) maintain a structured but relaxed atmosphere, (4) use simulations, and (5) spend more time on examples, less on lecture. (CH)

Diagrams a need perception pyramid relating job satisfaction and performance needs and discusses ergonomics in the office and change in the office function. (HD)

The author describes experiences with teaching keyboarding skills to low-vision students at the postsecondary level. Emphasis is placed on skill development and evaluation methods. (CH)

Physically and academically handicapped special needs students can often gain adequate keyboarding skills with only a few furniture and equipment modifications, performance adjustments, determination of the teacher to meet individual needs, and knowledge that anyone can master keyboarding. Includes strategies for working with various disabilities.…

Briefly describes a study which concluded that women who aspire to management careers need special training in areas not covered by on-the-job technical training or management theory. Discussion also covers educational implications, counseling for career planning, and leadership training, with some emphasis on women's special needs. (SH)

The author defines mainstreaming and discusses how business education teachers and special needs instructors can work as a team on instructional and materials adaptation to meet the special needs of students. (CH)

Business education enrollments can be increased by means of the recordkeeping course. It is a valuable general offering since it meets both personal finance and job skill needs. It provides an opportunity for some students to explore career opportunities in business and start on a career plan. (EM)

A discussion of how the achievement of true equal job opportunities for women is a very complex problem requiring new flexibility in attitudes and societal arrangements. (HD)