ERIC Number: ED201887
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1980-Apr
Pages: 124
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A Guide for Vocational Teachers of Intensive Business Training in Mississippi.
Crousen, Willa Vee, Ed.
This curriculum guide contains 12 units covering topics that could become a part of a program of study for high school Intensive Business Training. It utilizes a competency-based format and a curriculum that provides for proficiency testing which leads to minimum competencies in the field of office education. Each unit is organized according to the following format: rationale, minimum competencies needed for job entry, course content, student activities, suggested evaluation, and listing of references and resources. These units are provided: Basic Communications, Calculating Machines, Clerical Recordkeeping, Data Processing, Filing, Graphic Arts, Human Relations, Job Orientation, Office Simulation, Office Typewriting, Reprographics, and Word Processing. Appendixes include (1) suggested supply lists, (2) ideas for implementing career education in business and office programs, (3) legislation affecting business and office education, (4) resource list, (5) intensive business training evaluative criteria for Mississippi programs, (6) tips for teaching business and office classes, (7) suggestions for teaching the handicapped, and (8) these sample forms, formats, and activities: integrated project, student profile, progress chart, rotation plan, checklist, job sheet, and module. (YLB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Communication, Business Education, Business Skills, Calculators, Career Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Guides, Data Processing, Employment Potential, Filing, Graphic Arts, High Schools, Human Relations, Job Search Methods, Job Skills, Learning Activities, Minimum Competencies, Office Occupations Education, Office Practice, Orientation, Recordkeeping, Reprography, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation, Typewriting, Units of Study
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education.; Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State. Dept. of Agricultural and Extension Education.
Identifiers - Location: Mississippi
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