Icebreakers that students don't hate
This is a quick read with some ideas for induction week activities that are free and that students don't hate (too much)
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10 must have resources for teaching Business
I started some research for this blog by doing a Twitter / X poll to find out what was the most important resource as voted for by...
Cultivating Critical Thinkers: Edexcel A Level Business Paper 3
Strategies for Excelling in Clothing Industry Research Tasks First: What is a critical thinker? A critical thinker (in this context) is a...
Dynamic Team work Activities for Sixth Formers (or year 11)
I started to teach part-time in a college and I was given a group who were just about to start a module on team work. I had not taught...
Navigating the Art of Work-Life Balance (Business teacher version)
I put a poll out on Twitter to find out what New Year's resolutions teachers had for 2024. The options were: Now 62 votes is big numbers...
Ways for business teachers to use AI in the classroom
Introduction I have recently been busy training business teachers at CPD sessions and AI is the feature of these sessions that is having...
Boosting Learning Efficiency: The Importance of Interleaving in GCSE Business Education (all boards)
Introduction As GCSE business teachers our main aim is to help our students to understand the topics and to be able to apply them to...
Using context cubes © to teach application and context in GCSE and A-level business
A quick read on ways to help students use more context in their GCSE and A Level Business essays
IMPORTANCE OF COMPARISON
Comparison. This is a forgotten topic often skated over, given scant attention or not focussed on at all. If you read the examiner...
A-Z revision ideas
A-Z revision booklet It’s that time of year in the school calendar when thoughts turn to revision. Students have to revise for mocks, but...
Teamwork Carousel lessons in business teaching
End of the Christmas Holidays, and your thoughts turn to getting back into your classroom. Time for a change? Don’t want to stand at the...
Try a Double Decker lesson plan
I have been reading a lot recently about teaching techniques and I keep hearing this new phrase the “Double Decker” lesson. The original...
Taking a responsible risk in business teaching
I had a year 9 business GCSE group that I was taking over. For my CPD I had chosen the topic of building pupil relationships in KS3....
Trying structure strips to scaffold A Level essays
Structure strips I have started to see these all over Twitter and Facebook. Teachers have made their own strips to go down the side of...
Top Tips for using Exit Tickets in your business lessons
If you google search term: exit tickets it joyously declares them to be “an ideal way to end a class”. In reality, it seems at the start...
Easy ideas for flipped learning in the business classroom
In brief: As teachers we all want students to engage with the topics and flipped learning has been gaining popularity since 2014....
How to write successful business cover lessons (GCSE)
You have somewhere you need to be. You have to set cover and the person covering is not a subject specialist. This is a familiar story...
Using examiner reports to improve exam grades in business education
Examiner reports have just been published on the exam board sites for this year's exams. I thought I might look into the ways that...
Edexcel A Level Business: Using MOPS in 20 mark questions
Many students are not sure what to put for MOPS in the 20 mark questions on the Edexcel A level business papers. This blog is not...
Using diagram blanks to scaffold work in business teaching
Scaffolding in a business teaching context means supporting the student’s work before they are ready to work totally independently. A...
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