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2023 Annual Conference
The Economics and Business Educators NSW invites you to the 2023 Annual Conference, which will be held at the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, at the University of Technology Sydney. For many years now, this annual event has been the premier conference for teachers of Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies and Commerce in NSW and from Australian International Schools overseas.
Focus on Economics
What is Economics? (RBA)
Economics and Business Educators (EBE) NSW is an active professional teachers association, representing and supporting teachers of the NSW Education Standards Authority Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies and Commerce courses. Our vision is to inspire teachers to be passionate and dynamic Economics, Business, Legal and Commerce educators.
In This Issue
- What’s it like being a Director?
- Skills in the HSC Economics syllabus, and the ones that aren’t that you still need to know
What's it like being a Director?
I have been a Director of Economics and Business Educators (EBE) NSW since 2013. Over the years I have learned from expert educators, increased my participation in EBE activities and grown in my professional practice as a result. I highly recommend being a director of EBE NSW to teachers who have a passion for helping colleagues advance their practice, want to contribute to educational policy development, and highly value the key subject areas of Commerce, Economics, Business Studies and Legal Studies.
Skills in the HSC Economics syllabus, and the ones that aren’t that you still need to know
A common source of frustration for new economics teachers relates to breaking down the mathematical skills in the HSC Economics course. Just when you think you’ve identified all of the diagrams and formulas required in the syllabus, suddenly a question comes up in the HSC exam on something totally different! This article will break down all of the formulas and diagrams that are essential to know, including the ones that are not specified in the syllabus.
Who studies Economics?
References
Explicitly teaching the China Case Study
Undertake a case study of the influence of globalisation on an economy other than Australia, including an evaluation of the strategies used to promote economic growth and development in this economy"
Teachers clearly showing students what to do and how to do it, rather than having students discover that information themselves (CESE, 2020, p. 1).
As such, last year I decided to explicitly teach the case study to my students. At the time I was working in a high performing public school, and I had to be across the content in great detail as the students were motivated and inquisitive. For a number of years I had advocated strongly for the China Case Study, as it linked in quite well when looking at Australia’s trading partners in Topic 2 – Australia’s Place in the Global Economy.
Happening Now
Planning is underway for the EBE annual conference, hosted at the University of Technology’s Chau Chak Wing Building in the School of Business. We’ll have our regular line up offering tailored professional learning for teachers of Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies and Commerce plus lots more!
Annual Conference: Term 2, Week 9, 23 June.
Planning is underway for the EBE annual conference, hosted at the University of Technology’s Chau Chak Wing Building in the School of Business. We’ll have our regular line up offering tailored professional learning for teachers of Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies and Commerce plus lots more!