NCEA Business StudiesLevel one 2010

• 550 students sat 1700 standards.• mixed courses common.

Level two 2011 • being taught now / numbers unknown.• mixed courses still common.

Level three 2012 - ???

Business Themes

• Business Formation• Functions of Business• People in Business• Business Management• Business Environment

Themes run through all three levels Increasing complexity of content

Learning Objectives

• Developed outside NZC• Two LO at each level

– LO1 relates to internal operations and external environment of a business.

– LO2 relates to practical experience of planning and running a business.

Level 6 Learning Objectives• LO 1 -Understand how, as a result of internal and

external factors, New Zealand small business owners make operational decisions that have consequences for the success of their businesses.

• LO2-Plan, carry out, and then review a one-off business activity, basing recommendations for the future on market feedback.

Level 7 Learning ObjectivesLO1 -Explore how and why large businesses in New Zealand make operational decisions in response to internal and factors.

LO2 - Plan,, take to market, review and then refine a business activity incorporating a community well-being focus, basing recommendations for the future on market feedback.

Level 8 learning Objectives (draft)

• LO1 - Analyse how and why businesses in New Zealand operating in the national and global markets make operational and strategic decisions in response to interacting internal and external factors.

• LO2 - Plan, take to market , review and then refine an innovative, sustainable business activity; analyse the activity and its success in the market place.

Level step upsLevel Future focus Context Assessments

6 EnterpriseSustainability

Small businessLocal business

3 external (3x4=12 credits)3 internal (2x3 = 6)Carry out business (1x6= 6)

7 EnterpriseSustainabilityCitizenship

Regional or national significance

3 external (3x4 = 12 credits)3 internal (2 x 3 = 6)Carry out & refine (1x9 = 9)

8 EnterpriseSustainabilityCitizenshipGlobalisation

International / global operation

3 external (3x4 = 12 credits)4 internal (3x3=9)Carry out innovative&sustainable (1X9=9)

Maori business conceptsincluded ‘where relevant’

• This means a business that identifies itself as a Maori business for a number of possible reasons.– Being owned by Maori– Fully or substantially controlled by Maori– Operating according to Maori culture and values

( traditional or contemporary)

Maori business concepts

Five concepts (only) across all level two and three– Tikanga (meaning,customs,obligation)– Puutake ( origin, reason for being)– Tuuranga (anchor, position, foundation)– Kaititakitanga (guardianship / future generations)– Rangatiratanga (leadership & authority)

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3Draft

AS90837 (1.1)Demonstrate an understanding of internal features of a small business (LO1)4 credits External

AS90843 (2.1)Demonstrate an understanding of internal operations of a large business (LO1)4 credits External

AS (3.1)Demonstrate an understanding of how internal factors interact within a business that operates in a global context (LO1)4 credits External

AS90838 (1.2)Demonstrate an understanding of external factors influencing a small business (LO1)4 credits External

AS90844 (2.2)Demonstrate an understanding of how a large business responds to external factors (LO1)4 credits External

AS (3.2)Demonstrate an understanding of strategic response to external factors by a business that operates in a global context (LO1)4 credits External

AS90839 (1.3)Apply business knowledge to an operational problem(s) in a given small business context (LO1)4 credits External

AS90845 (2.3)Apply business knowledge to a critical problem(s) in a given large business context (LO1)4 credits External

AS (3.3)Apply business knowledge to address a complex problem(s) in a given global business context (LO1)4 credits External

AS90840 (1.4)Apply the marketing mix to a new or existing product (LO1)3 credits Internal

AS90846 (2.4)Conduct market research for a new or existing product (LO1 and LO2)3 credits Internal

AS (3.4)Develop a marketing plan for a new or existing product (LO1 and LO2)6 credits Internal

AS90841 (1.5)Investigate aspects of human resource processes in a business (LO1)3 credits

Internal

AS90847 (2.5)Investigate the application of motivation theory in a business (LO1)3 credits Internal

AS (3.5)Analyse a human resource issue affecting businesses (LO1)3 credits Internal

AS90842 (1.6)Carry out and review a product-based business activity within a classroom context with direction (LO1 and LO2)6 credits Internal

AS90848 (2.6)Carry out, review and refine a business activity within a community context with guidance (LO1 and LO2)9 credits Internal

AS (3.6)Carry out with consultation an innovative, sustainable business activity (LO1 and LO2)9 credits Internal

AS (3.7)Investigate the exporting potential of a New Zealand business in a market with consultation (LO1 and LO2)3 credits Internal

Best Evidence Synthesis Pedagogy(more details on handout from BES doc)

• Connection – to lives & culture of students.

• Alignment – of experience to desired outcomes / embed assessments where possible / medium is the message.

• Community – a learning community of and for students / freedom/ teacher as facilitator.

• Interest – differentiated learning/ student centred & managed where possible.

Main concept = Enterprise

• Positive attitude/can-do attitude.We all are different/ what do we bring?

• Seligman .. Positive Psychology

– http://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/science-of-happiness/st

rengths-and-virtues/

• Keirsey temperament sorter. – http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/instruments2.aspx?partid=0

Main concept = Enterprise

• Creative/what if ?/open-minded thinking– Tony Ryans Thinkers keys

• http://centre4.core-ed.net/viewfile.php/1652/file/38/28070/PrimaryTeachersUK.pdf

– De Bono Six Hats• http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.

mkk.school.nz/Cache/Pictures/666545/3_Picture_4.png&imgrefurl=http://www.mkk.school.nz/Site/Learning_MKK/Think

.

Main concept = Enterprise

• Early prototyping/practical steps.

– Tom Wujic -The marshmallow challenge• http://blog.ted.com/2010/04/22/build_a_tower_b/

– Wikipedia• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_prototyping

– Richard Mayo –Protobuild• www.protobuild.co.nz

Main concept = Enterprise

• Reflective/persistent/resilient.– Derek Sivers..Persistence is polite.

• http://sivers.org/persistence

– Resilience @ Squidoo (little freaky deaky)• http://www.squidoo.com/resilient

– Resilient workforce• http://www.orghealth.co.uk/resilience/

resilient_workforce/

Main concept = Enterprise

QUESTION ?

• Does enterprise = entrepreneurship ?– Is the goal of NCEA Business Studies to create

entrepreneurs?– If so, is that a responsible goal for those who will

fail – and most will on the road to success.– “For the next trick, I’ll need a volunteer”

Future Focus (level 1)

• Enterprise– Features of entrepreneurial behaviour– Links to key competency set from NZC

• Sustainability• Resource classification – pyramid diagram

– Four aspects – • environmental /economic /social/ cultural• http://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz/Social-sciences/Education-for-

sustainability

Future Focus (level 2)

• Citizenship– Citizenship skills

• Reasoning, collaborating, communicating, presenting, debating.

– Citizenship dispositions/attitudes• Empathising, tolerating, reflecting, being open-minded.

– Citizenship outcomes• Students are aware of personal and social significance

of learning as a basis for action.

Future Focus (level 3)

• Globalisation– Impact of communication and transport

technologies / institutional arrangements.– Important trading nations for NZ– Thinking globally (tki resource book)– http://ssol.tki.org.nz/social_studies_years_1_10/

teaching_and_learning/effective_teaching_in_social_studies/social_inquiry/thinking_globally_2

– Also see– http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?

c_id=1&objectid=10642274

Experiential Learning

• Experiencing – working with knowledge to solve problems/ create new understandings.

( resources provided/ problems set)• Reflecting on experience – creating memory.• Generalising learning –making predictions.• Transfer of learning to new situations.

Completion

Time

Task oriented path – early wins / chaos later / crash, burn, die.

‘Normal’ path –straight line expectation /on time/ on budget

People oriented path – early chaos / later wins / faster, higher, stronger,

The grey area

unofficial view• Business is about people.• Relationships count above all else.• Implications for classroom.

– Group composition is important as it parallels/mimics the employment decision.

– Know your students.– Get them to know each other.– Differentiated ability/learning opportunities lead

to leaders and followers.– BEST groups are mixed ability

unofficial view

• Student centred learning.• NOT ‘group’ work• NOT ‘time out’• IS a NEW philosophy of classroom

management in which teachers make life easier for themselves – and inspire, empower their students.

unofficial view

• NZC plus NCEA business Studies is a license to – Experiment - you have to take risks for the sake of

the student.– Transfer control – from yourself to the students.– Ignore outcomes – trust the most powerful learning

machines on the planet.– University qualifications are rapidly declining in value.– Personal dispositions, self awareness, learning ability

are the key to the future.