Books with author Sandy West-Smith

The second edition of A Journey through the Commercial World has been comprehensively revised and provides superior coverage of the Level 6 Victorian Essential Learning Standards for Economics and Civics and Citizenship. Now in full colour, this updated and expanded edition: • Includes new case studies and newspaper articles • Contains additional pictures and visual stimulus • Captures the content and spirit of VELS with cross-curricular links • Provides new/expanded end-of-chapter material • Provides key words defined in the margin and glossary • Contains a new chapter on environmental sustainability A Journey through the Commercial World stimulates and explores imaginative approaches to conventional topics, and addresses many new and evolving areas of study such as the rapid growth of the creative economy, e-commerce and global citizenship. Offering a wealth of activities that foster multiple intelligences, it focuses on developing creative and critical thinking skills to equip students for lifelong learning.

There is no doubt that young people are interested in the dynamic world of commerce but, as a subject, it is often presented in such a dry and outdated manner that students can quickly become disenchanted. This book aims to be contemporary and innovative in terms of both its content and methodology. It will reflect current thinking on teaching and learning by recognising a broader definition of intelligence than traditional texts. Activities throughout the book will be designed to foster the students' multiple intelligence's, emotional intelligence, creative and critical thinking skills and 'intelligent behaviour'. These skills, can be readily transferred to other aspects of the student's life. This texts also addresses many new areas of commerce such as the rapid growth of the creative economy (which now accounts for half of consumer spending in developed countries), e-commerce, global citizenship, and the implications of such developments for future employment and self-employment.