New Economics CPD Course: A2 Essential Economics

Details here of a new CPD course for colleagues who wish to focus on renewing and improving their department’s approach to the teaching of A2 Economics courses. A2 Essential Economics will focus purely on core topics teaching strategies for Units 3 and 4 for AQA, OCR and Edexcel. Further details of the course programme are provided below.

The first running of this course is on 13 June 2012 in Central London. Places on the course are available at just £175 (+VAT) and can be booked online here:

https://tutor2u.wufoo.com/forms/essential-as-a2-economics-cpd-course/

A2 ESSENTIAL ECONOMICS

The course will aim to support delegates by:

Developing deep understanding of assessment objectives for A2 Economics for all major exam boards, highlighting how to maximise student marks in exams, top tips for teaching and how to develop the higher order exam skills
Analysing suggested schemes of work for A2 Economics and topic order
Introducing all key A2 topic areas and developing the essential economist’s analytical and evaluative toolkit for micro and macro, with basic theory, derivation of diagrams, common errors, top tips and suggestions for teaching.

Topics to be covered will include:

- Business economics (including development of cost/revenue diagrams, analysis/evaluation of resource allocation in all market structures and business objectives)
- Labour market economics
- Globalisation
- Free trade and protectionism
- Exchange rates
- Development economics, poverty and inequality