Economics and business / Year 7 / Economics and Business Skills / Questioning and research

Curriculum content descriptions

Develop questions about an economic or business issue or event, and plan and conduct an investigation or project (ACHES021)

Elaborations
  • developing questions to form the basis of an economic or business investigation (for example, ‘Why do people work?’, ‘Why is it important to plan ways to achieve personal financial objectives?’, Why are consumers and producers reliant on each other?, How can a business achieve success in the market?)
  • identifying the steps needed for an investigation and the resources needed
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Research questions,  Business and enterprise

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