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Business Education Teacher Training and the pursuit for the triple bottom line ideals – are we taking our eyes off the ball?

SIEC-ISBE Conference 2013

Dr Carina AmericaSlide2

Overview

Teacher Education

Requirements – South Africa (SA)

Business Education in SA schoolsBackgroundCurriculum aspectsLiterature PerspectivesRationale for the studyMethodologySummary of findingsThe way forward

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Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education

(RSA, 2011)

DISCIPLINARY LEARNING – subject matter

SITUATIONAL LEARNING –

context, schools, districts, regions

PRACTICAL LEARNING –

teaching practice

FUNDAMENTAL

LEARNING – 2nd official language

PEDAGOGICAL

LEARNING –

how to teach – curriculum, assessment, learners, etcSlide4

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Business Education in

Sout

h Africa (schools)

GET-PHASE – grades 7 to 9

Economic & Management Sciences (EMS

) - compulsory

FET-PHASE – grades 10 to 12

Accounting - elective

Economics - elective

Business

Studies - electiveSlide5

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TOPICS AND SUBTOPICS (DBE,

2011)

THE ECONOMY (30%)

1.

History of money

2. Needs and wants

3. Goods and services

4. Inequality and poverty5. The production process

6. Government7. The National Budget

8. Standard of living9. Markets10. Economic systems11. The circular flow

12. Price theory

13. Trade unions

FINANCIAL

LITERACY (40%)

1.

Savings

2. Budgets

3. Income and expenditure

4. Accounting concepts

5. Accounting cycle

6. Source documents

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. Financial management and keeping records

ENTREPRENEURSHIP (30%)

1.

Entrepreneurship skills and knowledge

2. Businesses

3. Factors of production

4. Forms of ownership

5. Sectors of economy

6. Levels and functions of management

7. Functions of a business

8. Business plan

Economic & Management Sciences (EMS)

Senior PhaseSlide6

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SUBJECTS AND

TOPICS

ECONOMICS

Macroeconomics (25%)

Microeconomics (25%)

Economic pursuits (25%)

Contemporary economic issues (25%)

ACCOUNTING

Financial Accounting

(50-60%)Managerial Accounting(20-25%)

Managing resources

(20-25%)

BUSINESS STUDIES

Business Environments (25%)

Business Venture (25%)

Business Roles (25%)

Business Operation (25%)

BUSINESS EDUCATION - FET-PHASESlide7

Triple Bottom line orientation

Triple bottom line

(TBL

)Economic sustainability alone not sufficient (orthodox management theory), i.e. Single bottom line Three dimensions to triple-bottom-line (Elkington, 1997)Integrating short-term and long-term aspects managing economic capital, natural capital and social capital (Kuchertz and Wagner, 2010; Dyllick and Hockerts, 2002, Rogers & Ryan, 2001)Types of capital within the TBL (

Dyllick

and

Hockerts

, 2002)

Economic capital – Economically sustainable companies Natural capital – Ecologically sustainable companiesSocial capital – Socially sustainable companiesAccountability beyond corporate annual reports and bottom lines – sustainable consumption and production (SCP) (UNEP, 2011)Eco-efficiency in producing competitively prices goods (OECD, 2012)Minimising use of natural resources and toxic materialsLife cycle of products / supply chain

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ESD / EfS)

ESD/

EfS

prioritises the changing of mindsets and an active engagement of the learner in matters relating to a more sustainable future. Great significance to mainstream in schools (Summers & Childs, 2007; Walshe, 2008; Frith & Winter, 2007)Multisectorial approach to ESD (Fien, 2004:94)

EfS

refers to a more holistic approach to sustainability

(

Bently

, Fien and Neil, 2004:57)8Slide9

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

The subject-matter knowledge: corporate sustainability

“Do teachers possess the knowledge and understanding to teach effectively in the new domain of ESD” (Summers,

Corney and Childs, 2004:164)LEARNING VIRTUES FOR SUSTAINABILITY (Foster, 2011):“How” the TBL matters 9Slide10

LEARNING VIRTUES FOR SUSTAINABILITY (Foster, 2005, 2008, 2011;

Sterling,

2004

):Critical self-awareness First order learning - adaptive learningSecond order learning - examine assumptionsThird order learning – leads to transformative perspective shiftExploratory-creative commitment robust persistence in exploring and testing frameworks of assumptionsRobust

tolerance for uncertainty

positively

valuing and welcoming the uncertainty and open-endedness

intuition to move forward new sense take shape and shape the ‘us’ collective social intelligence10Slide11

Rationale for this study

Challenges : BE teacher training in South Africa

Not uniform teacher training for HEI institutions

Diversity in schoolsSubject matter content knowledge of teachers are variedProgression of EMS education to FET-bandComplexity of integration of curriculum constructs Pedagogical components of EfS absent in teacher education(Tilbury, et al, 2005)Relevance of TBL orientation in Business Education at school level

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Reseach Methodology

A

case study design

strategyContent analysisPurposive sample Qualitative framework Research question: How do BE pre-service teachers conceptualize TBL?

Three approaches

Reflection on video -

Video about how human consumption impacts the earth and, in it, the stages in which materials are processed from beginning to end

(cf

. Leonard, 2007; Nowak, Hate, Lindholm and Strausser, 2011)Students to reflect on the supply chain from extraction to disposal of used products.Focus group discussion – did you find the video convincing?Do you think differently about consumption?

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Reseach Methodology - continued

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CURRICULUM ANALYSIS As a student BE teacher, do you have EfS as part of your teacher education curriculum? If yes, which areas of the curriculum?Do you think that EfS/ESD/SE is relevant in BE in the senior phase. Why / Why not?Suggest at least two practical steps how you as a BE teacher would introduce SE in BE education.

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SAMPLE

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CASE

STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR BE SPECIALIST AREA

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

CONTENT

Profile

A

58

44

In

Education faculty

Previously

advantaged – now a merged HEI

B

17

14

1

st

and 2

nd

year in EMS faculty

3

rd

and 4

th

year focus is on methodology in Education faculty

Previously disadvantaged;

C

22

22

In Education

faculty

Previously

advantagedSlide15

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

LEARNING VIRTUES -

capacity for critical understanding -

infrequent Critical self-awareness: Examples from cases“Factories attributes to pollution … we’re unaware that it is making us sick”“Shop, shop, shop … buying new or unwanted stuff” “Too much junk are being manufactured and the manner in which to get rid of it can be harmful to the environment”

“It has affected the way I think in a sense that it is true that the products we consume do not last for such a long time and the market changes products and come out with new things over and over”

“yes, I have never really thought about the different processes a product has to go through and the lives affected by it”

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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS (continued)

LEARNING VIRTUE: Exploratory-creative commitment

“Yes, I will think twice now before buying products which may contain toxins” “Yes, it made me realize that I am part of the problem and should start to think before I buy stuff” “not exactly because some of us are aware of the government’s “hand” in it and we lost hope, if we all unite we can change it”16Slide17

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS (continued)

LEARNING VIRTUE: Robust tolerance for uncertainty

“Yes, I have had these thoughts before, but the tasks seems too enormous for me to handle alone” “Yes, it is convincing, but her tape is too light-hearted. The viewer listens, but I was not fully swayed to her point of view” “She does make you aware that the process is not flawless, but looking at it from an American standpoint her arguments are not well motivated”17Slide18

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS (continued)

THE BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM – diverse reactions

Economic systems/Entrepreneurship?

Depth and breadth of curriculum concepts – exploratory-creative commitment?“It would be a great advantage to have a facet where sustainability can be implemented in our curriculum”RELEVANCE OF EfS IN BE – overall view EfS very relevant“Yes, it encourages to be responsible citizens. Sustainability education is not isolated in one area but in all areas. Also help learners to learn social responsibility”

“In EMS the foundation of production and business is laid and it is essential for learners to come to the realization that resources are limited and (they) need to be responsible to ensure a sustainable future”

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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS (continued)

PRACTICAL APPLICATION – examples from cases

Environmentally friendly projects – collages

Awareness using technology – internet, web-course management systemsMarket day reconceptualized – environmentally friendly productsExcursions to factories – carbon footprintDebates about consumerism, consumer behavior, lifestyle choices.19Slide20

Conclusion: 3BL matters – how?

Learning virtues for sustainability

T

BL orientation integral in BE teacher training curriculum content – beyond accounting TBLContemporary issues – e.g. fracking debate, case studies, etc.EfS-BE-SYNTHESISCollaboration with other Bus Ed teacher training institutions

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Thank youSlide22

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Bently

,, M.,

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