From Third Year Students’ Perspectives

Presented by: Josh LeBlanc and Tessa Jordan

Prepared by: Josh LeBlanc, Tessa Jordan, Michelle Munro, Megan Charlton and Nicole Markewich

Business Education under Practical and Applied Arts (PAA)

Missing Business Education curricula

Technology in Business Education

Uniting professional organizations in Business Education

Originally under Science and Technology

Moved to PAA in 1994

Moved because anything deemed vocational was grouped in PAA

Ministry of Education Evergreen Curriculum

Lack of Business Educator voice

Focus on ‘for business’

Transition to work

All elective courses

What Saskatchewan has... What Saskatchewan is lacking...

Communication Production Technology

Information Processing Accounting Entrepreneurship Career and Work

Exploration Tourism and

Hospitality Law

Marketing Personal Finance Economics Business Ethics Business

Communications Management Consumer Studies Basic Business

National Business Education Association Standards

Points to ponder:Personal Finance “nearly one third (29 per cent) say that they

learn these skills from their own experiences” (Metro File, 2006).

“The Postsecondary Participation Survey found that one third of students who left before graduating in 2002 did so for financial reasons” (Lefebvre, 2004).

“by 2001, taxes and deductions took 25 cents and personal consumption 71 cents , leaving just 3 cents in savings” (Chawla, 2005) for every dollar earned.

“average amount owed to student loan programs by university graduates increased 76% between 1990 and 2000” (Lefebvre, 2004).

Economics Underlie ever part of society

Important for all students regardless of life path

How do you balance unlimited wants and needs with limited resources

Business Ethics “65% of workers indicated they had misused

technology and 84% indicated knowledge of a colleague misusing technology” (Society of Financial Service Professionals, 2001).

“younger workers do not necessarily follow generally accepted workplace rules nor view the rules as applying to them” (Tulgan, 1996).

“young workers are less likely to view actions such as playing computer games or searching for another job while at work as being unethical” (American Society of Chartered Life, 1998).

Scandals – Conrad Black, Enron, Martha Stewart, SaskPower, etc.

Marketing and Consumer Studies “67 percent of families buying a new car base

their purchasing decision on advice given by their children -- who are too young to drive” (http://gerstmanandmeyers.com/brand_speak.asp?bs_id=67)

“More and more, consumers are relying on advice from friends, family and even strangers to make purchase decisions, select physicians, choose travel destinations and pick politicians to vote for. Already, 64 million US adults regularly share advice on products or services, and over 25 million of them wield their influence online” (emarketer.com)

Business Communications “Over 50 top-ranked business programs list oral

and written communication as key elements” (Bayless, 38) for success.

“72 percent of incoming high school graduates are viewed as deficient in basic English writing skills…And,…with regard to applied skills related to the workplace, the greatest deficiency was reported in written communications (Most Young People, 2006).

Management Regardless of what job you are in – profit, non-

profit, entrepreneur – there are management

Students will encounter management and leadership styles throughout their lives and they will need to know how to work with these people and when/how they can step up

Applicable in communities, schools and work world

Technology becomes the content

Information Processing

Look to the U.S. for guidance despite differences in funding

Lack of Canadian national organization

Lack of national/provincial vision

To address the missing curricula look at areas where it can be integrated into what we already have

Instead of developing all of the missing curricula develop one, General Business 9, that establishes a foundation

To start somewhere...make one course mandatory – General Business 9

More professional dialogue – we need a stronger voice!!!