Curriculum Development in Education for Business. National Business Education Yearbook, No. 15.

Overview & Synopsis

This 1977 yearbook on business curriculum development from the elementary through baccalaureate educational levels is intended to provide teachers, curriculum specialists, and administrators with information regarding what curricula are being implemented. The content is in fourteen chapters, titled as follow: (1) Historical Perspectives of Education for Business, (2) The Role of Education for Business in Career Education, (3) The Role of Education for Business in the Elementary School, (4) Coordinating the Elementary School and Junior High or Middle School Business Programs, (5) Developing Education for Business in the Junior High or Middle School, (6) Coordinating the Junior High or Middle School and the Secondary School Business Programs, (7) Developing Education for Business in the Secondary School, (8) Coordinating the Secondary School and the Two-Year Postsecondary School Business Programs, (9) Developing Education for Business in Two-Year Postsecondary Schools, (10) Coordinating the Two-Year Postsecondary School and Four-Year College and University Business Programs, (11) Developing Education for Business in Four-Year Colleges and Universities, (12) Developing Distributive Education Programs, (13) Developing Business Teacher Education Programs [includes both the traditional and competency-based approach to teacher education], and (14) The Leading Edges of Business Education Curriculum Development [includes the results of a national survey of business education teachers and supervisors]. (EM)