Learning to Teach Business in the Secondary School A Companion to School Experience

This book offers a comprehensive, accessible introduction to teaching and learning business. Covering a broad range of topics and focusing on both pedagogy and content, it develops the key ideas of teaching and learning in business in a structured and accessible way. The chapters draw on theory and the latest research to demonstrate how key pedagogical issues link to classroom practice. Featuring weblinks to useful resources, summaries of key points and a range of tasks enabling you to put learning into practice in the classroom, the chapters offers guidance on: The use of case studies as a signature pedagogy of business Designing a well-sequenced business education curriculum including lesson planning Formative and summative assessment Teaching, administering and assessing vocational courses How to teach core concepts such as business ethics How to teach literacy and numeracy in business The importance of learning outside the classroom in business Inclusive teaching Written by experts in the field, Learning to Teach Business in the Secondary School offers all trainee business teachers on university and school based routes comprehensive and accessible guidance to support the journey towards becoming an inspirational and engaging business teacher.

Introduction CHAPTER 1. STARTING OUT AS A BUSINESS TEACHER BY STEPHANIE HIRST CHAPTER 2. DESIGNING AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESS CURRICULUM BY LIMARA PASCALL CHAPTER 3. ASSESSMENT BY LIMARA PASCALL AND SIMON WHITEHOUSE CHAPTER 4. DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BY SHANE LONERGAN CHAPTER 5. TEACHING VOCATIONAL COURSES IN BUSINESS BY SARAH CRAWFORD-SINGH CHAPTER 6. TEACHING ETHICS IN BUSINESS BY IAN MARCOUSÉ CHAPTER 7. TEACHING LITERACY AND NUMERACY IN BUSINESS BY YOUSUF HAMID CHAPTER 8. THE CASE STUDY AS A SIGNATURE PEDAGOGY BY JAMES CHANDLER AND IAN MARCOUSÉ CHAPTER 9. LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM IN BUSINESS BY DR ADAM UNWIN CHAPTER 10. PLANNING FOR AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO LEARNING AND TEACHING IN BUSINESS CHAPTER 11. USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT LEARNING IN BUSINESS BY ALAN BRIGHT CHAPTER 12. BEYOND YOUR INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION. THE TEACHER AS A RESEARCHER BY DR Appendices

Limara Pascall is an honorary business education lecturer at Institute of Education, University College London and full time business education lecturer at Bath Spa University.