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Learning Area Commerce & Bus. Studies 2 (EDUC90432)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
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This subject builds on Learning Area Commerce and Business Studies 1 and focuses on further developing Teacher Candidates’ understanding of approaches to support the teaching and learning of Commerce at Years 7 to 10. Teacher Candidates will have an opportunity to develop their knowledge of how to create, implement and evaluate learning resources based on pedagogical strategies explored in Learning Area Commerce and Business Studies 1. A variety of learning resources will be examined, including those based on new and emerging digital technologies, and strategies related to their safe, responsible and ethical use in the learning and teaching of Commerce will be discussed. Teacher Candidates will identify the literacy and numeracy demands of particular Commerce concepts and analyse how particular learning resources might be adapted to enable diverse students to engage with, and develop their disciplinary understanding of, such Commerce concepts. Teacher Candidates will have an opportunity to demonstrate how data and evidence can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a chosen learning resource to support student learning in Commerce.
Learning Area Commerce and Business Studies 2 will facilitate thorough coverage of Victorian Curriculum requirements in relation to Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business. There will also be a focus on assessment with consideration of assessment principles and guidelines. Teacher Candidates will engage with assessment materials to inform the creation, and evaluation, of a teaching program for Years 7 to 10. Building on Learning Area Commerce and Business Studies 1, Teacher Candidates will consolidate their knowledge of how to plan Commerce units of work that take into account context, curriculum, pedagogy and assessment to support diverse students to meet specific learning outcomes.
Reflection on teaching practice in Learning Area Commerce and Business Studies 2 will be facilitated through Professional Practice Case Studies. These case studies enable Teacher Candidates to draw upon reflections of their placement experiences in school based contexts, as well as theory and research, to respond to contextually based scenarios and dilemmas of practice. Teacher Candidates will use these case studies, together with collegiate interaction and self-reflection, to determine areas for future professional growth and development as a Commerce educator.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:
(Note: Graduate Standards refers to the Graduate-level Australian Professional Standards for Teachers)
- Demonstrate an understanding of Commerce Years 7 to 10 curriculum frameworks, particularly in relation to assessment, and their use in the design of learning resources and unit plans (Graduate Standard 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 5.1)
- Create, implement and evaluate Commerce learning resources that integrate digital technologies and cater for student diversity (Graduate Standard 1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 2.6, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4)
- Design and implement Commerce learning resources to support interventionist teaching practices and explain how their use, and adaptation, might address the diverse literacy and numeracy needs of students (Graduate Standard 1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 2.5, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4)
- Create and evaluate a Commerce unit and assessment plan in accordance with curriculum frameworks, which utilise discipline specific knowledge (Graduate Standard 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 5.1)
- Examine, and demonstrate understanding of, teaching interventions which support the development of subject specific literacy and numeracy in Commerce (Graduate Standard 1.2, 2.1, 2.5, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5)
- Collect and analyse student data using assessment tools and tasks to make sound clinical judgments about a Commerce learning resource and its effectiveness in relation to specific learners (Graduate Standard 1.3, 1.5, 2.1, 3.6, 5.1, 5.4)
- Demonstrate the ability to use pedagogical content knowledge and reflection on teaching practice in Commerce to examine teaching interventions and their impact on student learning (Graduate Standard 1.2, 2.1, 3.6, 5.1, 5.4)
- Identify areas for future professional growth in teaching practice in Commerce (Graduate Standard 6.1, 6.4, 7.4)
Generic skills
This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Clinical reasoning and thinking
- Problem solving
- Evidence based decision making
- Creating and innovating
- Working in teams communicating and collaborating with other professionals
- Learning to learn and metacognition
- Being responsive to a changing knowledge base
- Reflecting and continually making improvements
- Linking theory and practice
- Inquiring and research
- Active and participatory citizenship
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90431 | Learning Area Commerce & Bus. Studies 1 | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Report (2000 words) due early semester (40%)
- Development of Commerce Years 7 to 10 Unit and Assessment Plan (3000 words) due end of semester (60%)
Hurdle requirements:
- Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- July
Principal coordinator Hugh Gundlach Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 16 July 2018 to 31 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2018 Census date 10 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 October 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018 July contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (n.d.). VCE Accounting Index. VCAA. http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/studies/account/accountindex.aspx
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (n.d.). VCE Business Management Index. VCAA. http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/studies/busmngmnt/businesstindex.aspx
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (n.d.). VCE Economics Index. VCAA. http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/studies/economics/economicsindex.aspx
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (n.d.). VCE Legal Studies Index. VCAA. http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/studies/legalstudies/legalindex.aspx
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Teaching (Secondary) Course Master of Teaching (Secondary)
Last updated: 10 February 2024