Let's Do Business
Written for the NEW Senior Cycle Specification
Let’s Do Business is a completely new and up-to-date package written specifically for the Leaving Certificate Business New Senior Cycle Specification. This new package includes guidance to the new Additional Assessment Component in the Student Activity and Investigative Study Book, now worth at least 40% of the Leaving Certificate examination marks.
Written by highly experienced Business teachers, the Let’s Do Business package includes:
- A Student Textbook
- A Student Activity and Investigative Study Book
- A Free Student e-Book
- A Teacher’s Resource Book
- Free Digital Resources
STUDENT TEXTBOOK
- Uses student-friendly language that is suitable for all levels
- Fully meets all the new Learning Outcomes in the 4 strands – Exploring
the Business Environment, Understanding Enterprise, Leading in Business, Making Informed Decisions, and the Unifying strand, Investigating Business - Places the student at the centre of learning and emphasises the importance of engagement with business in the real world
- Uses a wide range of approaches to teaching and learning, helping students develop key competencies and enabling them to make connections with other subjects
- Fosters critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Engages with topical issues, allowing students to discuss and develop their
skills in reasoned argument - Contains a range of active learning methods to help develop digital
literacy and collaborative skills - Filled with exciting, up-to-date examples and case studies based on Irish and International organisations to bring business theory to life
- Highlights cross-curricular, numeracy and literacy links
- Each chapter ends with a question bank, checklist and a range of
relevant exam style questions - Includes interesting Did You Know? facts that enhance student learning experiences and provide opportunities to seek further knowledge
- Content is relevant and reflects recent business, economic and legislative changes and developments
- Students explore real world examples, engage in numerous problem solving and collaborative activities and connect the theory they will learn to business scenarios
STUDENT ACTIVITY AND INVESTIGATIVE STUDY BOOK
- A Student Guide to the Business Alive Investigative Study –
a step-by-step approach on how to conduct the research by
providing structured templates, tips and advice for data
collection and how to present a well-rounded and informative
presentation - Designed to encourage independent research, critical thinking
and an ability to reference and review information effectively - Supplementary exercises compliment course material, and
enhance the student’s learning - Activities aim to provide a deeper understanding of the key concepts of the course, whilst engaging students in the learning process in a more interactive manner
- Combines a variety of learning styles – students will
improve their understanding of the new theoretical content and further develop practical skills necessary for success in their coursework
This comprehensive and invaluable guide provides all the support teachers will need to effectively teach the New Business Senior Cycle course. It contains:
- A range of practical materials, strategies and insights that will aid lesson planning, enhance student engagement and help them to achieve their full potential
- Interactive activities, teaching tools, assessment and evaluation guides
- Resources that actively involve students in the learning process,
encourage critical thinking, and allow for collaboration and application to everyday business situations - Links to additional resources including online articles, video links,
additional worksheets and local case studies
Teachers and students can access the Let’s Do Business interactive e-book at www.edcolearning.ie, plus a bank of free digital resources, including:
› Editable planning documents and scheme of work
› Chapter summary PowerPoint Presentations to highlight key themes and topics
› Solutions to the end-of-chapter textbook questions
› Third-party videos and websites to enhance classroom engagement with the material
› A bank of useful websites
E-books and Digital Resources Available on
