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What is SSBE?
A subject discipline prepares students:
about business understand the economic and function as consumers for business have knowledge & skills to be productive employees &/or employers
What is competence?
According to Bartlett (1992) & Thompson (1998, p. 15), competence is:
a definable knowledge/skill/attitude or
attribute made explicit in task
Language Numeracy, Information technology Personal management Planning/goal-setting Problem Solving Decision-making Critical thinking Creativity Communication Teamwork
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Generic skills to be possessed by students:
thinking, IT, numeracy, problem solving, selfmanagement and study skills. (CDC, 2001, p. 24)
Similarities:
Knowledge-based economy Vast population to be employed in the services sector New workforce demanded
Generic skills
Thinking skills
analysis, association, comparison, reasoning, divergent, creative & problem solving
People skills
Personal skills
Transferable Ability
Short-term Daily Application Long-term Workplace Application
Implications
Curriculum Teaching Approach Assessment Teacher Education
Input - Curriculum
Today
Subject: BF, WP &BC, CO, BS, PA Content: narrow-focused & static Focus: technical & conceptual
Tomorrow
Subject: No boundary, start with 1 or 2 Content: broad-based & on-going refined Focus: practical and transferable
learning in groups authentic learning experiential learning project-based learning co-operative learning problem-based learning
Output - Assessment
Competency-based: Informal Formative Process Continuous Criterion-reference Individual and group focused Co-judged Mode: Project-based, Portfolio, Hands-on, Schoolbased,
Teacher Education
Teacher becomes a
curriculum developer learning facilitator co-explorer assessor resources provider liaison officer change agent,
Challenges
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