Page 3 - TY Programme Summary Flip Book

 Investigate a range of careers appropriate to personal aptitudes and intere2ts.
 Explore pathways to get to the chosen career.
 Describe relevant qualifications and training required for entry to the selected career.
 Evaluate the career and the career investigation process.
 Describe ways to record the financial transactions of a business.
 Complete sample trading accounts.
 Complete sample profit and loss accounts.
 Complete sample balance sheets.
 Complete sample club accounts.
 Complete sample household budgets.
 Analyse the figures from the final accounts and balance sheet by assessing the profitability
and liquidity of sample businesses.
 Describe what economics is.
 Identify what money is and how it is controlled.
 Consider the effect that various economic developments, e.g. inflation, could have on a
business.
 Investigate how business and government interact.
 Consider what taxes an enterprise may have to pay.
 Inspect economies and diseconomies of scale.
 Describe the qualities and skills of enterprising people.
 Recognise examples of personal, community and entrepreneurial enterprise.
 Identify personal strengths and weaknesses.
 Suggest a course of action appropriate to improving personal enterprise skills.
 Work co-operatively with others as part of a team.
 Appreciate the value of teamwork in generating ideas, assessing risks, solving problems and
completing tasks.
 Undertake leadership of a group in an appropriate activity.
 Plan and organise a meeting.
 Make a presentation to peers and to adults.
 Link the activities in this unit to learning in relevant TY subjects.
 Evaluate the successes achieved and problems encountered in this unit.
 Work co-operatively with others to generate a range of ideas.
 Prepare a plan for the selected product/service.
 Understand the practical importance of market research and marketing mix.
 Be aware of the concepts of publicity and promotion.
 Actively participate in group work in a variety of roles-owner, worker, team leader.
 Take responsibility to ensure that targets are reached.
 Participate in a review of group performance.
 Review personal performance in a marketing activity.
 Prepare and present a written or verbal report on the marketing plan.
 Link the activities in this unit to learning in relevant TY subjects.
 To work as a team to develop an ebook
 Identify and understand keywords on the Junior Cert course
 Peer teaching and improved presentation skills
 To develop research skills