Teacher Business and Eco Shop - Lessons & Revision Materials
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A level Business and Economics teacher into his 8th year of teaching and examining (AQA) - advocate of active learning - activities where students have to make decisions
A level Business and Economics teacher into his 8th year of teaching and examining (AQA) - advocate of active learning - activities where students have to make decisions
revision resource that worked really well for the AQA spec focusing on helping students identify the “it depends on” so that students analysis is applied to the context and debates the situations where the concept may be more or less important/effective/a good way.
8 different essays with stem before hand
possible depends on arguments on the powerpoint
what facebook right to float (looking backwards as easier to look at the data then..)
Data activity
powerpoint with visuals / links for depends on arguments
then looking at a failed IPO
and should their investors be happy with facebooks performance since
Whole lesson missions (not mission statements) as per the new AQA A level specification
simple mix and match activity
then looking at different missions and why important
then discussion & to what extent q's
then a flip task
2 Full lessons helping students to derive Lewins forces for and resisting forces for change
worked well for my classes....
Activities all on powerpoint - can take off and add to word etc as needed
Deriving the model activity to start based on teacher / school scenario's
then applied to other situations in time - updated for 2018 - 2 business change of strategies with use of numbers to help with evaluation skills
Plenary with data answer available
Lesson 2
Visual starter...idea shower
analysing forces and decision making activity applied to struggling business context with data (mintel and other sources)
Notes on theory
worked well - got them to watch the 30mins panaroma before hand as flip
Starts off with different situations and what would you do
then do you think this "right" activity
then looks at a problem industry (gambling) - lots of data and link to Flip learning video to watch
Ends with an essay title to be planned in class and written outside of class.
Powerpoint full of different activities
Pictures to ask what does it suggest about culture
what culture is
Analysis of culture using Model
Explaining why different types of cultures matter writing activity
Flip activity looking at Culture for a business at Undercover Boss
Whole lesson as a combined adaptation on other ideas out there.. probably could get 2 (x 1hr) lessons out of this
Way of deriving Ansoff's strategy from a scenario
Lots of recent strategy stories..can be used for plotting/discussion
then explanation of the model and an activity that helps question the idea of risk...traditionally but even in strategies the level of risk differ according to the context/situation .. so it depends on factors..
Another cut out Kineasthetic activity which helps with this... & is better than the stories as saves time and gets them moving things around the matrix..
lesson looking at should firms be a sole trader or a limited company
based around a decision making of a private school
unlimited/limited liability activity with sole-trader vs ltd company
then other situations to bring out the depends on arguments
would you invest in this IPO (snapchat)? - after asking them what information matters.. (could be 2 lessons here)
first set of slides is basically building up to an overall q...
Structured Activity: Also put onto different sheets of paper and at the end of each ask them would they buy shares/invest in Snapchat if they could.. or could use just as powerpoint slides) . could break up around the class (one per pair get them to read out and discuss why it matters; if they would or would not invest because of X and why)
then link this to depends on which type of shareholder you are.. link to Short term and long term investors.
then look at why shareholders matter (sports-direct page has them influencing decisions)
before leading onto so shareholders are interested in share prices.. so what affects these..(ipo and now share price activity and then famous companies with changing share prices)
All activities on powerpoint easily printable
Starter on perceived benefits
Plotting activity
Bowmans theory
Then influences on
Then judgment helping question
Lesson on Porters Generic - all activities on the powerpoint easily transferable to word or printable as is
Video clip opening
look at business failure
market mapping activity
Analysis of industry and then decision making activity
comparison to actual business decision...
full lesson using either props...
working through the different ways that firms can measure markets and marketing success.
fun way to work through the calculations
judgmental decision making activity as to best way to...
2 or 3 lessons on Porters 5 forces..
why does profitability in industries differ
before a focus on competitive rivalry
and then an a focus on firms with a judgment activity on if X is in a strong position.
then
look at other firms in different industries and different contexts
and why 5 forces analysis matters
before moving onto situations/contexts that change the competitive environment (before moving onto external environment)
Full lesson (or two) on powerpoint focused on Market Segmentation. full of activities and 2ndary market research data that can be printed out and then blown up on A3 sheets - or use the word sheets attached which students can work through & prepare answers to the questions..
Starts off with Kineasthetic move around room starter (not necessarily needed)
then looks at data on cinema market - allowing teaching of confidence intervals (new on AQA spec).
then there is some data on different cinema - link to mass and niche markets - helps data analysis and discussion of factors that influence demand
then decision making activities as a manager based on the data allowing for link to benefits of market research and so then the scientific decision making model if you wish
Experience curve lesson that has flip learning, draws out the theory with a game and then gets students to analyse situations where it could be useful and evaluate the validity of the model.