Commerce Future Directions

'As well as engaging student interest and delivering authentic learning experiences, Commerce teachers must also look to the economy and society of the future when developing curriculum'. The Commerce subject falls under the Studies of Society and the Environment (SOSE) learning area of the Curriculum and Standards Framework (CSF). "SOSE is a study of human progress and how people have organized themselves into societies over time, and how they have interacted with their physical environments" (…

…CSF - curriculum@work CD-ROM www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/curriculumatwork/Index.htm Gilbert, R. (Ed), 2001, Studying Society and Environment, 2nd edn, Social Science Press, Katoomba, NSW. Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, UK - www.qca.org.uk/index.html Russell, A. 'Creating Money Managers', Age (Australia), Late ed. p3, Monday, March 15, 2004. US Department of Education, USA - www.ed.gov/index.jhtml VCTA, Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, Abbotsford, Victoria; website: http://www.vcta.asn.au