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7-10 Economics and Business
The Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business, provides students with opportunities to develop and use personal and social skills, leadership, initiative, conflict resolution and responsible decision-making skills. They become aware of their own roles, rights and responsibilities as participants in society. They explore personal, national and global economic issues and challenges, how global connectivity has affected this, reflect on their own choices and propose positive solutions to issues while also considering the possible effects of their proposals.
Questioning and research
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Gather relevant data and information from a range of digital, online and print resources (ACHES022)
- identifying sources of data and information (for example, Australian Bureau of Statistics for information on types of employment (full-time, part-time, casual))
Questioning and research
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Gather relevant data and information from a range of digital, online and print resources (ACHES033)
- organising and categorising data and/or information (for example, constructing a table showing the differences between types of businesses)
- accessing reliable information (for example, from departments of fair trading) to access advice on the rights and responsibilities of consumers and businesses, or finding information on strategies to resolve consumer and business disputes