| CODE | TEB5002 | ||||||||
| TITLE | A Cross-Curricular Approach to Business Education | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This introductory study-unit equips student teachers to creatively teach areas in business education, in particular those that are common in business studies, economics and/or accounting. A stimulating and collaborative teaching approach towards the teaching of these common areas is discussed, highlighting the differences and commonalities in the content and pedagogy applied to the three subjects. Study-Unit Aims: This unit aims to: - introduce and immerse student-teachers into a creative and stimulating approach towards the preparation and teaching of aspect of business education, including the use of collaborative learning techniques, - propose and generate ideas how to teach topics that are common in business studies, economics and/or accounting through interaction and discussion, - highlight the differences and commonalities between these topics, - sensitize student teachers to prepare differentiated lessons, and - help them to reflect on the criteria that determine the success of lessons in business education. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - describe the content of the areas which are common in business studies, economics and/or accounting, outlining the similarities and differences in the pedagogical approach, - demonstrate knowledge of collaborative learning theory and how this can be applied to the business education topics under consideration, - with the help of examples, discuss strategies for differentiated learning, and - understand how organisations can bring in value-added to learning experiences. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - plan stimulating learning scenarios to cover cross-curricular areas in business education which take into consideration the diverse needs of learners in a co-educational and mixed-ability setting, - come up with and design a variety of resources to make lessons stimulating, - critically appraise the content of business education. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Borrington, K. (2004) Teaching and Assessing Skills in Business Studies. Cambridge University Press. - Coucom C. (2005) Teaching and Assessing Skills in Accounting, Cambridge University Press. - Davies P. and Brant J. (2006). Business, Economics and Enterprise. Routledge. - Grant, S. (2006) Teaching and Assessing Skills in Economics. Cambridge University Press. - Jephcote, M. and Abbot, I. (2005). Teaching Business Education 14 -19. UK: David Fulton Publishers Ltd. Other readings compiled by tutors. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Claudia Custo' Emanuel Mizzi Joseph Xuereb |
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