NABTE [National Association for Business Teacher Education] Review.

Overview & Synopsis

The special 1-year anniversary issue deals with problems and issues relating to career education, accountability, and changes and improvement in education. Articles in section 1 on career education focus on the following topics: the psychological and sociological factors in career decision theories; developmental perspectives and the issues and concepts in career education; discussed are the objectives and programs for career education on the elementary and junior high levels; objectives and goals for career education in office education; general business subjects; and distributive occupations programs. The four articles in section 2 discuss the future of educational technology; an analysis of a school-supervised work education program; the role of national professional associations in shaping education programs (NBEA); and the problem and methodology of teacher evaluation and teacher effectiveness. Section 3's NABTE (National Association for Business Teacher Education) convention reports discuss: the concept of accountability; clinical experiences in business teacher education; an evaluation of education programs in Virginia; a competency-based teacher education program; the strengthening of business education programs; and the preparation of teachers for post-secondary institutions. (JB)