Overview of Course
The specification for junior cycle business studies focuses on improving students’ understanding of the business environment and on developing skills for life, work and further study through the three inter-connected strands:
1. Personal finance
Personal finance focuses on students developing a set of skills, knowledge and values that allows them to make informed decisions to effectively and responsibly manage their financial resources.
2. Enterprise
Enterprise encourages students to identify opportunities and turn them into practical and targeted activities within business and wider society through the development and application of their understanding, skills and values. It develops students’ basic understanding of the financial, marketing and operational functions of an organisation.
3. Our economy
Our economy enables students to understand the dynamic relationship between the local, national and international economic situation. It develops students’ ability to identify and understand basic economic concepts as they relate to personal finance, enterprise and the Irish economy.
To give further emphasis to the integrated nature of learning, the outcomes for each strand are grouped by reference to three elements:
These elements describe a three-fold focus for learning in the business classroom. Each element particularly focuses on the goals of the learning process, that is, the acquisition of new knowledge, skills and values.
Students will have 2 Classroom Based Assessment (CBAs) - one in Second year and one in Third year. In third year students will also sit an Assessment Task (10% of final grade) and a written paper in June as part of their State Examinations.
- Personal finance,
- Enterprise and
- Our economy.
1. Personal finance
Personal finance focuses on students developing a set of skills, knowledge and values that allows them to make informed decisions to effectively and responsibly manage their financial resources.
2. Enterprise
Enterprise encourages students to identify opportunities and turn them into practical and targeted activities within business and wider society through the development and application of their understanding, skills and values. It develops students’ basic understanding of the financial, marketing and operational functions of an organisation.
3. Our economy
Our economy enables students to understand the dynamic relationship between the local, national and international economic situation. It develops students’ ability to identify and understand basic economic concepts as they relate to personal finance, enterprise and the Irish economy.
To give further emphasis to the integrated nature of learning, the outcomes for each strand are grouped by reference to three elements:
- Managing my resources
- Exploring business
- Using skills for business.
These elements describe a three-fold focus for learning in the business classroom. Each element particularly focuses on the goals of the learning process, that is, the acquisition of new knowledge, skills and values.
Students will have 2 Classroom Based Assessment (CBAs) - one in Second year and one in Third year. In third year students will also sit an Assessment Task (10% of final grade) and a written paper in June as part of their State Examinations.