Changing Methods of Teaching Business Subjects. National Business Education Yearbook, No. 10.

Overview & Synopsis

The yearbook attempts to describe and evaluate the new teaching methods as they relate to the various business subjects: basic business-economic education, marketing and distributive education, and office education. Additional articles are devoted to cooperative education, simulation, laboratory experiences, and postsecondary programs. In their discussions of changing methods of instruction, the authors have combined the results of proven research and practical application. They review teacher education and comment on changes in subject content, the use of simulation (role-playing and simulation games), technological changes influencing teaching methodology, the value of individualized instruction, changing institutional roles, and new approaches in continuing education. One of the two concluding chapters stresses relating the changes to multi-ethnic approaches to classroom instruction. The final chapter points out more specifically how the positive teaching practices and techniques discussed in the various subject areas separate the highly professional, dedicated teacher from the "run-of-the-mill" teacher. (Members of the National Business Education Association Board are listed.) (AG)