Learning to Teach Business in the Secondary School

This book offers a comprehensive, accessible introduction to teaching and learning business. Covering a broad range of topics and focusing on both pedagogy and content, it develops the key ideas of teaching and learning in business in a structured and accessible way. The chapters draw on theory and the latest research to demonstrate how key pedagogical issues link to classroom practice.

Featuring weblinks to useful resources, summaries of key points and a range of tasks enabling you to put learning into practice in the classroom, the chapters offers guidance on:






The use of case studies as a signature pedagogy of business



Designing a well-sequenced business education curriculum including lesson planning



Formative and summative assessment



Teaching, administering and assessing vocational courses



How to teach core concepts such as business ethics



How to teach literacy and numeracy in business



The importance of learning outside the classroom in business



Inclusive teaching

Written by experts in the field, Learning to Teach Business in the Secondary School offers all trainee business teachers on university and school based routes comprehensive and accessible guidance to support the journey towards becoming an inspirational and engaging business teacher.