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BUSINESS TEACHING, MADE PRACTICAL

Ideas to bring
business to life.

Teaching tools, techniques and resources for getting students thinking, discussing and doing. Shared by Steve Northam, a business lecturer and entrepreneur.
A PRACTICAL STARTING POINT

Plan it.
Try it.
Reflect on it.

Start with a learning goal. Give students something meaningful to do. Make time to discuss what they learned.

What would help your next session?

01 / THINKING

Teaching Tools

Structures for exploring ideas, questioning assumptions and making decisions.

02 / TEACHING

Techniques

Ways to organise participation, build discussion and turn an activity into learning.

03 / MATERIALS

Resources

A home for the worksheets, templates and supporting materials being developed for the site.

04 / REFLECTION

Articles

Ideas and reflections on teaching business, enterprise, creativity and innovation.

FROM THEORY TO ACTION

Give students something to work with.

A concept becomes more useful when students can apply it, challenge it and explain what it means. The aim here is to share ideas you can adapt to your subject, your students and the time you have.

THE LECTURER BEHIND THE SITE

Teaching business.
Learning from doing business.

I’m Steve Northam. My work combines business and enterprise teaching with running businesses. This site is where I’m bringing together practical ideas for connecting those two worlds in the classroom.