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14143 hits since September 01 2010Subscription to this website will give you access to new resources for BTEC Intro, BTEC First, GCSE, AS, Subject Knowledge and Interactive Materials. CD-ROMs can be bought as separate resources.Try our free resources and demo area and the Glossary.
Coming soon – AQA GCSE in Applied Business full programme of study and resources for Unit 4 (People in business), Unit 5 (Marketing and customer needs), Unit 6 (Enterprise) and Unit 7 (Business finance) and Edexcel Business Communication – Unit 4 (see subscribe page for pricing). If you register your interest in subscribing to any of these units now you will gain a 10% discount if you subscribe to those units when they become available!
1. BTEC Intro
The tasks, activities and case studies in this section aim to help students who are studying BTEC Introductory in Business. It help them to understand the subject knowledge, apply this knowledge and also more importantly demonstrate their interpersonal and communication silks. Most of case studies are based on real businesses.
The following are included:
- Schemes of work
- Frontcovers
- Assignment tasks
- Assignment track records
- Planners
- Subject knowledge, tasks and activities for units 1 – 11
For more detail see the BTEC Intro page.
For subscription costs and how to subscribe5. Subject knowledge
The documents in this section will help all student teachers, NQTs and also teachers new to the teaching of the subject to understand the learning and teaching pedagogy of Business Studies
SK1 – Subject knowledge in all areas of Business Studies
SK2 – Pedagogy (subject practice, designing lessons, teaching skills and strategies, classroom management, creating conditions for learning)
SK3 – Pupils' development (considering how pupils' emotional, social, cultural and cognitive development affects their learning, common misconceptions)
SK4 – Attitude to pupils' learning which underpin subject knowledge and understanding (Commitment to inclusion, achievement and well being, Enthusiasm for Business Education and Business Education teaching, creative development of learning opportunities, Contribute to learning community, teamwork, learning from others, reflective practice)
For more detail see the Subject knowledge page.
For subscription costs and how to subscribe2. BTEC First
Whole programme of study for the new BTEC First
Units 1 – 12 are available now, more to follow soon
Compulsory units
- Unit 1 Business purpose
- Unit 2 Business organisations
- Unit 3 Financial forecasting for business
Other units
- Unit 4 People in organisations
- Unit 5 Using office equipment
- Unit 6 Providing business support
- Unit 7 Verbal and non–verbal communication
- Unit 8 Business communication through documentation
- Unit 9 Training and employment in business
- Unit 10 Personal selling in business
- Unit 11 Customer relations in business
- Unit 12 Business online
For each the following will be included:
- Detailed schemes of work with suggested learning and teaching strategies
- Detailed lesson plans
- Classroom activities
- Simulations and debates
- Assignments
- Assignment frontcover
- Students' workbook to help with assignment tasks
- Students' workbook to record Personal Learning and Thinking Skills
Lesson Plans are included in Units 1, 2 and 3.
For more detail see the BTEC First page.
For subscription costs and how to subscribe3. AS Level
This section is aimed at AS Business Studies teachers who are planning to deliver the new specifications. It provides you with a lot of help and support in many areas such as:
- Planning for the course
- Staff scheme of work
- Students' scheme of work
- Revision packs for units 1 (two modules), 2 (four modules)
- Simulations
- Debates
- Tips for teaching and learning
- Student's action plan
- Staff hand book
- Magazines and newspaper article review and tips for application skills
For more detail see the AS page.
For subscription costs and how to subscribe6. Interactive materials
Resources which aim to promote literacy and key words and definitions. They are interactive and engage all students at L1 and L2. They don't require any teacher intervention, as students can work their way through them and get instant feedback on their responses. There are 8 areas:
- Setting up a business
- Business location
- Production
- Types of business ownership
- Business structure and decisions
- Marketing
- Finance
- People at work (human resources)
For more detail see the Interactive page.
For subscription costs and how to subscribe4. New GCSE
AQA, Edexcel and OCR docs available now
This section includes resources to support teachers who teach GCSE Business Studies such as:
- Detailed schemes of work with suggested learning and teaching strategies (each one around 100 pages!)
- Detailed lesson plans
- Classroom activities
- Simulations and debates
- Revision notes
- 62 worksheets
- Students' activities to cover all areas of the syllabus
For more detail see AQA Unit 1, AQA Unit 2, Edexcel Unit 1, Edexcel Unit 3, OCR Unit 1, OCR Unit 2 and OCR Unit 3.
For subscription costs and how to subscribe7. CD ROMs
The CD-ROMS are not part of the subscription scheme and are priced separately.
- A series of 4 PowerPoint CD-ROMs
4 CD-ROMs full of interactive PowerPoint presentations with animations, individually designed template pictures, drag and drop, hyperlinks, and drop-down menus for teaching all Business Studies topics. They include activities and case studies for students, and activities to make language more accessible, with immediate feedback for students and lesson plans for all Business Studies topics at KS4.
- Developing Confidence in Teaching Finance CD-ROM
Continuing Professional Development strategies for teachers to develop confidence in teaching Finance and Activities for GCSE, Applied GCSE, Applied A level and AS and A2.
For more detail see the CD page.
For purchase costs and how to order