Learning Area Business Studies 1

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

This subject develops teacher candidates’ understanding of the place of this learning area in contemporary goals of school in Australia and in the Victorian curriculum in particular. By considering the principles of learning and teaching that underpin effective classrooms and the research that supports these principles, this subject will widen teacher candidates’ appreciation of exemplary teaching in this area.

On completion of this subject teacher candidates will be able to:

• Appreciate the place of this learning area in Australian curriculum
• Describe an exemplary classroom in this learning area
• Demonstrate competency in the use of concepts, knowledge and skills in Business Studies and develop coherent learning sequences in accordance with current curriculum frameworks
• Foster developmentally appropriate and socially just curriculum and model learning strategies which develop inquiry and curiosity about the world
• Develop an understanding of what is best practice in the teaching and learning of Business Studies
• Demonstrate professional collegiality and participate effectively in team work
• Reflect on their practice
• Identify areas for personal ongoing professional learning

There are 3 assessment tasks:

• Annotated lesson plans (800 words) due early semester (20%)
• Resource Evaluation (1600 words equivalent) due late semester (40%)
• Presentation (1600 words equivalent) as scheduled (40%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate and justify their practices as knowledgeable agents of changes.
• Be flexible and able to adapt to change through knowing how to learn;
• Understand the significance of developing their practice on the basis of research evidence;
• Work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation;
• Be independent of mind, responsible, resilient, self-regulating;
• Have a conscious personal and social values base.