Business education
case studies

Year 9 enterprise day
Pupils in Year 9 work with British Telecom and use an enterprise game to learn more about the role of the stock market, investment organisations and share value in the success of companies.

Website for the Science Museum
GCSE Business Studies pupils design a marketing website to attract more teenagers to visit the science museum.

 
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'Business studies concerns the business aspects of organisations within their economic, political and social contexts. Business studies involves the investigation of how enterprise adds value by organising the production of goods and services........Economics is one of several disciplines which contributes to the understanding and analysis of business behaviour.'

GCSE criteria for business studies and economics.

Business education

In business education pupils learn about business and apply their knowledge and understanding to a range of real world contexts. These contexts may include enterprise activity or preparing for self-employment. In GCSE courses pupils may carry out and evaluate enterprise activity as part of their coursework. The Intermediate GNVQ in Business also includes enterprise activities and preparing for self-employment as optional units.

Characteristics of enterprise are discussed further in About enterprise.

Learning through enterprise - contributes to improving motivation and raising achievement by helping pupils make connections between the skills they learn in the classroom with the world outside. It provides opportunities for pupils to: explore self-employment identify potential products understand current business theory understand the integrated nature of business communicate in different ways using ICT develop decision-making skills collect, record, analyse and evaluate evidence and draw and justify conclusions Learning about enterprise - helps pupils develop an understanding of enterprise in business and the wider community. It provides opportunities for pupils to: understand how the economy functions, including the role of enterprise understand the challenges of self-employment including the personal qualities and business skills required understand the rights and responsibilities of consumers, employers and employees investigate a real business analyse the challenges and problems encountered by a business and how that business attempts to overcome its problems understand how to negotiate finance and prepare a business plan Learning for enterprise - provides an opportunity for pupils to develop and practise entrepreneurial skills. It provides opportunities for pupils to: recognise the wider relevance of skills developed through the study of business develop and practise key skills and entrepreneurial skills especially problem solving and working with others

Guidance on how to incorporate enterprise approaches into your teaching can be found in Good practice in enterprise education.

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