Graduate Research Papers
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Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Business education -- Study and teaching (Secondary);
Abstract
This paper reviews what secondary business educators can do to restructure a business curriculum for the 21 st century and how they can do it effectively. It was written to describe today's workplace, the skills that employers are expecting workers to have, the current trends and reform evolving in high school business education, and the projects, strategies, and tools that can be used by business teachers to prepare students for success in the workplace. The literature review discusses the state of Iowa's 21 st century skills curriculum that was established in recent years. The skills curriculum includes employability skills, financial literacy, health literacy, and technology literacy. National business education standards are outlined and one strand of Iowa's Core Curriculum, Information Technology Standards is discussed. The paper describes how a curriculum such as information technology can be restructured to meet standards and help students develop effective employee skills. One Iowa high school's business curriculum is presented in the paper. This demonstrates what courses students can be offered, what they are taught in these courses, and how they are taught. This curriculum focuses on student learning and helps prepare them for a career pathway in an area such as information technology. The paper examines technologies being used by business educators, and how these and other strategies can be used effectively in the classroom that can be a part of the restructuring process and better prepare students for today's workplace.
Year of Submission
2008
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Department
Division of Instructional Technology
First Advisor
Leigh E. Zeitz
Second Advisor
J. Ana Donaldson
Date Original
12-2008
Object Description
1 PDF file (39 leaves)
Copyright
©2008 Eric Springer
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Springer, Eric, "Restructuring a Secondary Business Curriculum for the 21st Century" (2008). Graduate Research Papers. 1563.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/1563
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