A non-profit organisation of teachers and other educators throughout Queensland, Australia, committed to the promotion and advancement of Economics and Business Education in schools.
We are a friendly organisation of dedicated and passionate teachers who specialise in teaching and the promotion of Senior Economics in Queensland, and Economics and Business in Years 7-10.
We are determined to break down myths: Economics is interesting, topical and logical.
It is understanding front page news and answering questions as to how to make informed decisions when economic conditions are changing.
This includes decisions about jobs, production, investments, and entrepreneurial decisions as individuals or as managers in future
careers and businesses. Studying Economics gives students hope and optimism, as it
involves solving issues for a better world!
To achieve this goal, the association organises and resources a range of activities aimed at enhancing the professional qualities of teachers and the understanding of Economics among students.
QETA Inc. was established in 1968. It is a non-profit organisation.
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If your school is in need and has existing job ads out in the ether, feel free to send us the link (info@qeta.com.au) and we'll be happy to
share and help the reallocation of labour!
For those that are interested in contexts that are neither Australia or "the world", the UK has recently released its federal budget. This is of special importance because it's the first time their Labour party has lead Parliament in almost 15 years. Bonus points
for those who remember who the last Labour Prime Minster was. Anyway, UK's
"Chancellor of the ExChequer" (Treasurer) Rachel Reeves released the budget
which of course is being responded to with some debate and backlash.
Here's a pretty solid video breakdown of the policies within it (changes to taxes
and government spending) that is both detailed and digestible.
Perhaps it's the type of thing that may help spark discussion and reflective thinking as well as practice some evaluative skills with
contexts that may be somewhat unfamiliar to students, ensuring they really get economic theory, rather than just memorising the already well
known perspectives.
They held it again, and it appears have shifted their judgement overall to being more neutral in relation to monetary policy. There are obvious arguments for contractionary, but there are also arguments for expansionary, so at the moment they seem to be signalling it's best
to stay put and see what the next sets of indicators reveal. Now (or early next year) may be time to explicitly shift classroom discussion
from "should they keep increasing it" to the more broad "what should they do?"
Here is the written statement, and here is the video
to Governor Bullock's press conference.
These conference, depending on the type of questions asked are great for filling in gaps that may exist for students struggling to make
those jumps in their understanding.
And, here's some great
analysis of the decision by Shane Oliver over at AMP.
Expert takes such as these can be terrific for both elaborating on and simplifying the very dense RBA Monetary Policy statements. They can
also be useful in demonstrating for students how to connect data (analysis) to judgements (evaluation) in their own economics thinking and
writing.
Defining what is meant by economic literacy is not straightforward and it has been the subject of debate over many decades. New research by the RBA and their Bulletin article explores the meaning of ‘economic literacy’.
Economic and financial literacy are clearly distinguished by the RBA research.
This is important information required by teachers of the Australian Curriculum Economics and Business Years 5-10. The curriculum, both versions 8.4 and 9.0 refer to core ideas of economics and financial literacy, so it is critical that teachers appreciate the difference of economic and financial literacy for their teaching programs.
The recording is available to all members and non members of QETA.
There are many advantages for teachers who are members.
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