National Symposium for Business and Office Education Curriculum Guidelines.

Overview & Synopsis

Symposium participants met to develop guidelines for developing curriculum for the area of business and office education, K through adult. The session reports are presented in outline form according to topic definition, problem areas, and recommendations. Topics discussed include: organizational patterns in the business and office education curriculum, the cluster approach to business and office education curriculum development, business and office education programs K-14, the role of business and office education in career education, programs for the disadvantaged and handicapped, public relations, the role of state staffs in program development, and alternate programs. The appendix makes up a major part of the document offering the texts of presentations by: Robert M. Worthington, Charles M. Galloway, Ray Price, Harry L. Huffman, David Schoenfeld, Louise Keller, Paul Plevyak, Agnes Kinney, Doris Crank, and Jerry A. Kicklighter. A symposium evaluation and symposium program conclude the final report. (MW)