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Welch, Arnon W.

 
9781331138471: The Commercial Program of Studies for High Schools (Classic Reprint)

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Commercial Education Commercial education involves more than a training in certain technical subjects, although this is an essential part. It involves the development of the mind to see cause-and-effect relations, and to have a point of view supported by a knowledge of economic and commercial life. This is not accomplished by annexing a commercial course at the end of an academic course, but by organizing the program of studies, beginning with the first year in high school, so that each year a part of the students work is definitely commercial. The time element is as essential in any commercial training that is really educational as in other phases of education. Objects of Commercial Program of Studies The arrangement of a commercial program of studies should be designed to attain certain definite objectives. In order to have an intelligent understanding of the arrangement, it is necessary to know and to understand the objectives. These are: 1. Each years work should be a complete unit, giving the student the kind of training that will be most useful to him should he leave school at the end of that year, and also that will prepare him for the succeeding years work should he remain in school. This should be considered from a broad rather than an ultra utilitarian point of view. 2. The complete high school course should give specialized vocational training in one technical group, such as secretarial, accounting, or retail selling. 3. The required work and the electives of the complete high school course should meet the entrance requirements of such colleges as New York University, School of Commerce, A ccounts, and Finance; The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, of the University of Pennsylvania ;the University of Wisconsin ;and the University of Cincinnati. 4. The commercial program in common with the other programs of a school will of course have the ai
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