Updating Business Education Programs.

Overview & Synopsis

To gather information on how the business education curriculum in secondary schools is being affected by changing trends, questionnaires were sent to State and local business education supervisors. Some aspects of instructional innovations are discussed based on the responses gained from the national survey, particularly the responses of 78 local supervisors directly involved with high school programs. Business education has become an important part of the general education of students and more courses in this area are being offered. To meet employment needs of various industries new courses are being taught on word processing, micrographics, reprographics, electronic calculators, and data processing. Job training for students in some schools is being achieved through simulation, block-time patterns, and performance-based business education. Changes in business education curriculum have also been the result of greater emphasis now being placed on career education, human relations in business, metrication, recordkeeping, vocational youth organizations, and individualizing teaching and learning. The discussion of these changes in business education is supported with brief descriptions of actual high school programs. (Author/EC)