Learning Area Business Management 2 (EDUC90958)

This subject builds on Learning Area Business Management 1 and focuses on further developing Teacher Candidates’ understanding of approaches to support the teaching and learning of Business Management. 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 Business Management 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 Business Management will be discussed. Teacher Candidates will identify the literacy and numeracy demands of particular Business Management concepts and analyse how particular learning resources might be adapted to enable diverse students to engage with, and develop their disciplinary understanding of, such Business Management 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 Business Management.

Learning Area Business Management 2 will also focus on assessment with consideration of VCE assessment principles and guidelines. Teacher Candidates will engage with VCE assessment materials to inform the creation, and evaluation, of a teaching program in Business Management Unit 3 and 4. Building on Learning Area Business Management 1, Teacher Candidates will consolidate their knowledge of how to plan Business Management 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 Business Management 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 Business Management educator.