Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

Business activity is a significant aspect of all societies providing employment and opportunities for individuals to contribute to society through the employment they undertake. Individuals engage in business activity daily at a variety of levels. An understanding of accounting and business management equips students to be informed active citizens. In this unit you will explore the QSA Senior Syllabuses for Accounting and Business Organisation and Management (BOM). There will be a major emphasis on understanding the principles of assessment and the QSA requirements in relation to these subject areas. You will also be introduced to more advanced teaching strategies, inclusive of how technology can enhance learning in Business Education.

Aims

The aim of this unit is to provide you with the opportunity to develop assessment practices that enhance learning and satisfy mandatory syllabus requirements. Throughout the unit, you are encouraged to develop a personal sense of purpose for teaching Accounting/Business Management in the secondary school.

Objectives

On completion of this unit, you should be able to:

1. implement learning opportunities that use ICTs to support learning, are socially just and inclusive, and promote higher order thinking and critical inquiry. (QCT Standard 2; QCT Standard 4)

2. design learning experience programs that draw upon pedagogical, curriculum and assessment knowledge and skills, to respond to the diverse abilities and interests of all learners. (QCT standard 1; QCT Standard 3; QCT Standard 4)

3. employ accountable and theoretically grounded processes to monitor and assess student understanding and progress, including the use of outcomes-based assessment criteria. (QCT Standard 5)

4. recognise that educators are both leaders and learners, exhibiting a commitment to work with learners, and recognising responsibilities implicit in their influence as a role model. (QCT Standard 10)

Content

This unit will cover the following topics and contribute to your developing Professional Learning Profile:

• The unit provides an introduction to the teaching of Accounting/Business Management.



• It examines the spirit and purpose of ABM education and provides an in-depth analysis of the Senior Accounting and Business Organisation and Management Syllabuses.



• Also covered are teaching methodologies, strategies and learning experiences appropriate in the ABM classroom, as well as the development of practical classroom resources.



• The syllabus is used as the basis for the development of units of work and the planning of assessment programs and the designing of assessment instruments.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

A constructivist pedagogy underpins this unit. You will participate with others in tutorials, group work, lectures (via video), and the use of self-directed learning materials supported by email and web-based Blackboard® activities.

Assessment

Assessment in the unit is both formative and summative and will be viewed in terms of the principle of 'assessment as learning'. Formative assessment is provided through verbal and online feedback, and through written comments on assignment work.

Assessment name: Critique and development
Description: Assessment Instrument - Critique and development.
Length: 1500 words or equivalent
Relates to objectives: 2, 3, & 4
Weight: 30%
Internal or external: Both
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid semester

Assessment name: Developing digital assessment
Description: Length: 1750 - 2000 words
Relates to objectives: 1, 2, 3, & 4
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Both
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: End of semester

Assessment name: Quizzes / forums
Description: Quizzes every second week.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2, 3, & 4
Weight: 20%
Internal or external: Both
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Each second week

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Texts

Featherston, T. (2007). Becoming an effective teacher. South Melbourne, VIC: Thompson.

Course Materials Database (CMD) Readings. Unit Online Learning and Teaching (OLT) site, QUT

References

Queensland Studies Authority (2003, amended 2006) Accounting Syllabus. Queensland Studies Authority: Brisbane.

Queensland Studies Authority (2007), Business Organisation and Management Syllabus. Queensland Studies Authority: Brisbane.

Relevant School Texts.

Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit. Workplace health and safety protocols in relation to computer use will apply.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 29-Oct-2012