SDBECOS January/February 2018
FET SUBJECT DUDACTICS BUSINESS STUDIES
Question 1 (Compulsory)
Your are a novice teacher responsible for the teaching of Grades 10,11 and 12 Business Studies. You
plan to teach the topic Forms of ownership for Grade 10. Study information in Addendum 1 of the
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Business Studies (CAPS for Business Studies,2011),
which contains sections of the overview of the topic per term, teaching plans and informal assessment
instructions for Grades 10 to 12.
1.1 Design a diagram or any other form of representation or teaching notes to use as an aid to
visualise the aim topic, grade relevance, time of implementation, minimum proposed knowledge, skills,
values, possible support materials, integration with other subject and relevant formal assessment
guidelines with regard to Forms of ownership for Grade 10 according to the guidelines of the
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Business Studies (CAPS for Business Studies) (16)
Main Topic: Forms of ownership (Sole trade) the learner may choose different sub-topic, partnership, close-
corporation or non-profit company.
Grade: 10
Time: 60 minutes
2. Learning intentions
Knowledge: Learners should know what the sole trade is, and factors to take into consideration when
choosing forms of ownership
Skills: Learners must be explaining the advantages and disadvantages of being a sole trader.
Values: Learners must four different forms of ownership.
Teaching Support material: Textbook, teachers guide, chalkboard, internet, newspaper articles, magazines
and other audio-visual media.
Formal assessment: Presentation, total marks 50, Project given in term 1 and learners to submit it in term 2
Write an essay presentation about a sole trader, in your essay show the important factors to choose when
selecting a forms of a business, advantages and disadvantages of the sole trade. (50 marks)
1.2 Formulate any three lesson aims you want to achieve in a lesson about forms of ownership for
Grade 10. Explain to what extent your lesson aims comply with the requirement of a well-formulated
lesson aim. (6)
Demonstrating their knowledge of the sole trader.
Giving learners opportunity to explain the factors to consider when choosing form of ownership.
Giving learners an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of advantages and disadvantage of
the sole trader.
This aims will represent that learners have learners enough information about the topic, at a given period (time
of the lesson). They determine the nature of the content that learners should know, remember and be able to
demonstrate.
, 1.3 Discuss, with an applicable example, how you will plan and use t the student team achievement
division (STAD) as cooperative learning method in the Teaching of Business Studies. (10) Pg 122-123)
Student team achievement division (STAD)
For Business studies grade 10, the teacher presents the following academic content to learners,
entrepreneurial qualities. Groups are formed heterogeneously, that is learners will be divided into four of five
member learning team, with representatives in each team of gender, various race or ethical group and high
average and low achievers.
The team members will use Textbooks, Newspaper, Magazines, and Articles to study and master
entrepreneurial qualities. Learners work effectively in groups, learners will be placed in a close physical
proximity to each other to complete the assigned task. The teacher will create a positive interdependence to
learners by providing insufficient recourses to learners and force members to share worksheets, pencils and
other resources to promote face to face interaction and to help others to study the content through tutoring,
quizzing one another to discuss entrepreneurial qualities. Learners need to be aware that each individual can
achieve the particular learning outcome only if all the learners in a group attain the learning outcome.
The teacher asks each member of the group to take weekly or biweekly quizzes on the content. The quizzes
will be scored and each individual will be given an improvement score. The improvement score will be based
on degree to which the score exceeds a learner's past averages.
Learner's with highest score, who have high improvement score or who have perfect score on the quizzes will
be recognized. The score will be on the newsletter or class notice board.
Student team achievement division (STAD) is the easiest, simplest and most straightforward of cooperative
learning approach.
1.4 What should you as a teacher in Business Studies keep in mind when preparing a memorandum for
an essay-type question? Give an applicable example. (8) Pg 306
Keep the following in mind when preparing a memorandum for essay – type questions
Keep it as short as possible, but mention the main points, do not make it too detailed as it makes
marking difficult.
Keep it flexible, so that learners can earn credit for meaningful, acceptable answers.
Award marks for factual truths (knowledge), but give more credit for the substantiation of statements.
Leave room for independent research, for example factual knowledge obtained from newspaper, other
sources other than textbook, you can also give marks for overall impression, neatness and use of
language.
An objective is improved if you mark all answers to one question before proceeding to the next, instead of
marking complete papers individually.
You should make enough comments to show learners theirs errors.
You could develop specific symbols to indicate the following errors.
False statement
Wrong conclusion
Lack of insight
Wrong use of terminology
Rely too much on textbook
Definition inadequate
FET SUBJECT DUDACTICS BUSINESS STUDIES
Question 1 (Compulsory)
Your are a novice teacher responsible for the teaching of Grades 10,11 and 12 Business Studies. You
plan to teach the topic Forms of ownership for Grade 10. Study information in Addendum 1 of the
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Business Studies (CAPS for Business Studies,2011),
which contains sections of the overview of the topic per term, teaching plans and informal assessment
instructions for Grades 10 to 12.
1.1 Design a diagram or any other form of representation or teaching notes to use as an aid to
visualise the aim topic, grade relevance, time of implementation, minimum proposed knowledge, skills,
values, possible support materials, integration with other subject and relevant formal assessment
guidelines with regard to Forms of ownership for Grade 10 according to the guidelines of the
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Business Studies (CAPS for Business Studies) (16)
Main Topic: Forms of ownership (Sole trade) the learner may choose different sub-topic, partnership, close-
corporation or non-profit company.
Grade: 10
Time: 60 minutes
2. Learning intentions
Knowledge: Learners should know what the sole trade is, and factors to take into consideration when
choosing forms of ownership
Skills: Learners must be explaining the advantages and disadvantages of being a sole trader.
Values: Learners must four different forms of ownership.
Teaching Support material: Textbook, teachers guide, chalkboard, internet, newspaper articles, magazines
and other audio-visual media.
Formal assessment: Presentation, total marks 50, Project given in term 1 and learners to submit it in term 2
Write an essay presentation about a sole trader, in your essay show the important factors to choose when
selecting a forms of a business, advantages and disadvantages of the sole trade. (50 marks)
1.2 Formulate any three lesson aims you want to achieve in a lesson about forms of ownership for
Grade 10. Explain to what extent your lesson aims comply with the requirement of a well-formulated
lesson aim. (6)
Demonstrating their knowledge of the sole trader.
Giving learners opportunity to explain the factors to consider when choosing form of ownership.
Giving learners an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of advantages and disadvantage of
the sole trader.
This aims will represent that learners have learners enough information about the topic, at a given period (time
of the lesson). They determine the nature of the content that learners should know, remember and be able to
demonstrate.
, 1.3 Discuss, with an applicable example, how you will plan and use t the student team achievement
division (STAD) as cooperative learning method in the Teaching of Business Studies. (10) Pg 122-123)
Student team achievement division (STAD)
For Business studies grade 10, the teacher presents the following academic content to learners,
entrepreneurial qualities. Groups are formed heterogeneously, that is learners will be divided into four of five
member learning team, with representatives in each team of gender, various race or ethical group and high
average and low achievers.
The team members will use Textbooks, Newspaper, Magazines, and Articles to study and master
entrepreneurial qualities. Learners work effectively in groups, learners will be placed in a close physical
proximity to each other to complete the assigned task. The teacher will create a positive interdependence to
learners by providing insufficient recourses to learners and force members to share worksheets, pencils and
other resources to promote face to face interaction and to help others to study the content through tutoring,
quizzing one another to discuss entrepreneurial qualities. Learners need to be aware that each individual can
achieve the particular learning outcome only if all the learners in a group attain the learning outcome.
The teacher asks each member of the group to take weekly or biweekly quizzes on the content. The quizzes
will be scored and each individual will be given an improvement score. The improvement score will be based
on degree to which the score exceeds a learner's past averages.
Learner's with highest score, who have high improvement score or who have perfect score on the quizzes will
be recognized. The score will be on the newsletter or class notice board.
Student team achievement division (STAD) is the easiest, simplest and most straightforward of cooperative
learning approach.
1.4 What should you as a teacher in Business Studies keep in mind when preparing a memorandum for
an essay-type question? Give an applicable example. (8) Pg 306
Keep the following in mind when preparing a memorandum for essay – type questions
Keep it as short as possible, but mention the main points, do not make it too detailed as it makes
marking difficult.
Keep it flexible, so that learners can earn credit for meaningful, acceptable answers.
Award marks for factual truths (knowledge), but give more credit for the substantiation of statements.
Leave room for independent research, for example factual knowledge obtained from newspaper, other
sources other than textbook, you can also give marks for overall impression, neatness and use of
language.
An objective is improved if you mark all answers to one question before proceeding to the next, instead of
marking complete papers individually.
You should make enough comments to show learners theirs errors.
You could develop specific symbols to indicate the following errors.
False statement
Wrong conclusion
Lack of insight
Wrong use of terminology
Rely too much on textbook
Definition inadequate
