TE446 Business Education Methods for Secondary
Teachers
Lake Superior State University
Spring 2004
Instructor: Linda Schmitigal
Phone: 635-2195
lschmitigal@lssu.edu
Text: Management of the Business Classroom, 2001 NBEA Yearbook, No. 39.
Technology, Methodology, and Business Education, 2002 NBEA
Yearbook,
No.40
Other handouts
Goals and Objects: At the end of this course, pre-service students will be able
to
a. Plan curriculum for a comprehensive business program at the
secondary level
b. Discuss competency-based education as it applies to business courses,
i.e. skill-based courses
c. Explain and demonstrate learning and teaching theory in business
education with emphasis on the basic business subjects
d. Create cohesive units of instruction in Keyboarding, Accounting, Office
cluster, Marketing, Personal Finance, International Business/General Business
and Computer Software
e. Build lessons and units that address national and state standards and
benchmarks and fit current assessment instruments.
f. Create a career module consisting of career exploration in business,
career opportunities, career outlooks, and earnings potential. Include a pathway
for transition from school to work.
Schedule of Activities
Introduction:
State of Michigan Business and Information Technology
Services, Curriculum Guide
(Forum) This We Believe About the Need for Business
Education V 57 No 1
(Forum) Learning From Nebraska’s Assessment System, Vol
57 No. 1
(Forum) Getting Your Students to Read V57, No 4
Day 2 Article (Technology) Learners and Technology: Experience, Attitudes, and
Expectations
(Technology) Technology and Learning: Integrating Home,
Classroom and Community
(Technology) Technology, Business Education and Young Learners
(Technology) Citizenship, Business Ethics, and Technology
(Management) Management of Business Education: A Perspective
(Management) The Basic Business and Economics Curriclum
Programs
(Management) School-to-Career Intiatives and Integrating Business
Education with the Core Curriculum
Integrating Business Education with Other Desciplines
Managing Curriculum Change
Unit Design guide
Look at business text books–reading level, information/content,
activities, and assessments
Day 3 Article: (Technology) customized Services for Diverse Student Needs
(Management) Shaping the Elementary and Middle School Business
Education Curriculum
Student-related Management Concerns
Setting the Stage for Successful Learning
Guest Speaker on Learning Disabilities, Special Education, and
Laws
Day 4 Article: (Technology) Keyboarding, Word Processing, and Other Input
Skills
Readings: (Management) Classroom Management Theory and
Practice
Handout: (Forum) Speech Recognition, Vol 57, No. 3
Handout: (Forum) Repetitive Strain injury on the Rise.
Assign: Keyboarding, objectives and activities
and Elementary Middle School Keyboarding Strategy Guide
Day 5 Article: (Technology) Understanding and Applying the Law to Technology
(Management) Facilities Management
Present keyboarding
Day 6 Article: (Technology) Technology and Career Development
Technology and Effective Communication
(Management) Eye on the Future: Research Directions for Business
Educators
Handout: (Forum) Integrating Technology in Business Education,
Vol 57, No. 4
Adapting Teaching Strategies to Encompass New Technology, Vol
57, No. 3
Assign: Teaching technology topic
Day 7 Present: Technology class, activities and assessment
Day 8 Article: (Technology) The Role of Technology in Learning Marketing and
Management Concepts
Handout: (Forum) Sports Marketing Program, Vol 56, No. 3
Best Practices in Marketing Education, Vol 56, No. 4
Assign: Marketing
Day 9 Present Marketing
Day 10
Handout: (Forum) Seven Habits of Highly Effective Accounting
Teachers, Vol. 65, No. 4
Accounting Skills Development, Vol 56, #4
Accounting–Strategies for Detecting and Correcting Errors, Vol 58,
No 1
Assign: Accounting
Day 11
Present: Accounting
Day 12
Handout: (Forum) Soft Skills: Are you a Walky-Talky?
Assign: Office cluster
Day 13
Present Office cluster
Day 14
Article: (Technology) Global Technology, Communications,
Language, and Culture
Handout: (Forum) Teaching Basic Business, Vol 58, No.1
(Forum) Economics Brought to Life, Vol 57, No 4
(Forum) Personal Finance, Vol 57, No. 1
Assign: General or International Business
Day 15
Present General or International Business
Grading
Technology Summaries 5 pts x 10
50
Management summary 5 pts x 10
50
Classroom presentation 50 pts x 6
300
10 points for unit plan
10 points for reinforcement activities
15 points for assessment-include rubric and grade
15 points for classroom presentation (met objectives, delivery)
Career Exploration unit
25
10 Career assessment strategy
10 Student plan for school to work
5 Student assignment
Field work binder
50
Includes summary of lessons observed,
and sample activities and assessments
Total points
475
Attendance is mandatory. Missing a class will entail additional research
assignments to be determined later.