THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
MODULE OUTLINE
Fundamentals of Business Education (IBS5152)
1. / Programme Title:
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Secondary)
2. / Academic Year:
FT: 2009-2010
PT: 2009-2011
3. / Programme Code(s):
FT: A1P015
PT: C2P037
4. / Mode of Study:
Full-time/Part-time
5. / Domain:
Curriculum and Methods
6. / Subject Area:
Business Studies
7. / Department(s):
Social Sciences
8. / Year Group:
FT: Year One
PT: Year One
9. / Semester(s):
FT: First
PT: First
10. / Module Title:
Fundamentals of Business Education
11. / Module Code:
IBS5152
12. / Status:
Core for BS Major participants
13. / Credit Point(s):
Three
14. / Pre-requisite Module(s):
Nil
15. / Module Co-ordinator(s):
Dr Yu Wai Mui ChristinaDr YU Wai Mui Christina
16. / Module Synopsis:
This module provides participants with an introduction to the teaching and learning of Business Studies in secondary schools and sets foundations for reflective practice. It covers the nature and scope of business education in Hong Kong schools, a critical review of secondary school business curriculum, and a focused inquiry into the school-based instructional design and teaching skills required for effective instruction in business fundamentals at junior secondary level.
17. / Aim:
To develop participants’ knowledge of, and competencies for, teaching business subjects specially for business fundamentals in junior secondary classes, with a particular emphasis on understanding the Hong Kong business curriculum guide and school-based instructional design.
18. / Module Objectives:
To enable participants to
a. / analyse issues and contexts that provide a foundation from which they are able to develop a sense of the role and importance of business education in secondary schools;
d. / analyse the Hong Kong business curriculum guide, in terms of requirements and approaches for teaching business fundamentals at junior secondary level;
c. / demonstrate an ability to design school-based scheme of work, apply instructional and assessment strategies and use authentic resources for effective teaching and learning of business fundamentals;
d. / develop an understanding of how to manage and cater for diversity in business classes through constant reflection.
19. / Module Content:
a. / Business education in Hong Kong secondary schools;
b. / Overview of secondary school business curriculum with a special focus on the teaching syllabus of business fundamentals
c. / School-based instructional design for business fundamentals;
d. / Learning and teaching strategies for business fundamentals;
e. / Use of assessment strategies and authentic resources in business fundamentals;
f. / Managing the business lesson for effective learning: motivating students and catering for individual needs.
Total: / 30 / hours
20. / Teaching and Learning Activities:
The module will be delivered through lectures and workshops, in addition to micro-teaching sessions that provide opportunities for participants to teach extended components of a lesson and to critically evaluate their own and their peers’ instructional strategies. Participants will be required to identify the encountered problems and suggest possible strategies for achieving an on-going refinement of their teaching competency.
21. / Assessment:
a. Teaching package on a selected business fundamentals topic using appropriate instructional design, teaching strategies, assessment strategies and teaching aids. / 30 / %
b. Peer review report on the teaching package in assignment a. / 20 / %
c. Preparation of a portfolio of learning tasks completed throughout the module, which may include the following items: up-to-dated teaching material, instructional planning, micro-teaching record and its evaluation, assessment items, field work, project plan and etc. This portfolio is expected to be continually revised and updated throughout the module. / 50 / %
22. / Required Text:
Nil
23. / Recommended Reading:
Borrington, K. (2004). Teaching and assessing skills in business studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brown, B.J. (Ed.). (2001). Management of the business classroom. National Business Education Association Yearbook, No. 39. Reston, VA: National Business Education Association.
Butel, L. (1998). Business functions: An active learning approach. Malden: Blackwell Business.
Curriculum Development Council and Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority (June, 2006). New Senior Secondary Curriculum and Assessment Guide (Secondary 4-6): Business, Accounting and Financial Studies (Provisional Final Draft). Hong Kong: Education and Manpower Bureau.
Curriculum Development Council. (2000). Syllabus for Business Fundamentals (S1-3). Hong Kong: Education Department. (包括中文版)
Education Department. (1997). Review of prevocational and secondary technical education. Hong Kong: The Government Printer.
Gagnon, G. W. and Collay, M. (2001). Designing for learning: Six elements in constructivist classrooms. Corwin Press, Inc., California.
Jophcote, M. & Abbott, I. (2005). Teaching business education 14-19. London: David Fulton Publishers.
Lynn, L.E. (1999). Teaching and learning with cases: A guidebook. New York: Chatham House Publishers of Seven Bridges Press, LLC.
Macfarlane, B., & Ottewill, R. (Eds.) (2001). Effective learning & teaching in business and management. London: Kogan Page.
Natale, S.M. (Ed.) (2000). Business education and training: A value-laden process. Lanham: University Press of America.
Remp, A.M. (Ed.) (2002). Technology, methodology, and business education. National Business Education Association Yearbook, No. 41. Reston, VA: National Business Education Association.
Rucker, J. (Ed.). (2000). Assessment in business education. National Business Education Association Yearbook, No. 38. Reston, VA: National Business Education Association.
Villee, P.A.G. & Curran, M.G. (Eds.) (1999). The 21st century: Meeting the challenges to business education. National Business Education Association Yearbook, No. 37. Reston, VA: National Business Education Association.
吳子嘉 (1999)：《企業概論導讀》，香港 ，卓思出版社有限公司。
24. / Other Information (If any):
Newspapers:
信報
香港經濟日報
Selected readings from:
Business Education Forum
Journal of Education for Business
Journal of Vocational Education and Training
The Delta Pi Epsilon Journal
International Journal of Educational Research
Review of Research in Education
Learning and Instruction
Websites:
Australian National Training Authority http://www.anta.gov.au/
Eric Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, & Vocational Education http://ericacve.org/
National Business Education Association https://www.nbea.org/
UNESCO Technical and Vocational Education http://www.unescobkk.org/ips/webcast/webcast27.htm
Curriculum and Instruction: Business Education Framework http://www.nde.state.ne.us/BMIT/Framework.htm
Economics and Business Education Association http://www.ebea.org.uk/ebea/default.html
Institute of Business Ethics http://www.ibe.org.uk/teaching/teach_methods.htm
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