Assessing the Key concepts in Business Education

Running head: EDUC 4091 - BUSINESS EDUCATION To examine the teaching of concepts in business subjects in secondary schools The key concepts of a Business Studies Curriculum are best explored by examining two areas. The first area is the examination of the business curriculum concepts as a framework for organising facts within the middle school curriculum. The second area is the identification of three existing business concepts. The first concept is production and markets within the …

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