New Revised NERDC JSS 1 Business Studies Scheme of Work
Week 1: Overview of Insurance I
1. Content: Knowledge: 1. Meaning of insurance. 2. Importance of insurance. 3. Insurance services. 4. Types of insurance (conventional, takaful and micro). 5. Classes of insurance, 6. Differences between life and general insurance.
2. Performance Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. state the meaning and importance of insurance, 2. describe insurance services, 3. identify types of insurance, 4. differentiate among the classes of insurance, 5. differentiate life and general insurance.
3. Learning Activities
i. Teacher Activities: Guide group discussions and chart creation.
ii. Student Activities: 1. Discuss, in groups, the meaning and importance of insurance services, 2. Work in groups to create charts illustrating the types and classes of insurance.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Cardboard papers and markers, Internet, Insurance policies, plus sample claim forms. Use these aids to build understanding. Draw on cardboard for visual charts. Search internet for real policy examples during class.
Week 2: Overview of Insurance II
1. Content: Knowledge: 1. Principles of insurance. 2. Common terms used in insurance: warranty, premium, Peril, policy, etc. 3. Risks in insurance. 4. Insurable and uninsurable risks. 5. Compulsory insurance in Nigerian law.
2. Performance Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. discuss the principles of insurance, 2. explain the common terms used in insurance, 3. explain the risks in insurance, 4. differentiate between insurable and uninsurable risks, 5. explain the compulsory insurances in Nigerian law.
3. Learning Activities
i. Teacher Activities: Guide information gathering and video watching.
ii. Student Activities: 1. Gather information from online on the principles of insurance and compulsory insurance in Nigerian law, 2. Watch video clip on risks in insurance and classify them under insurable and uninsurable risks.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Video clip, Cardboard papers and markers, Internet, Insurance policies, Digital devices, plus law excerpts. For a good lesson, play videos to show risks. Use digital devices for quick online checks.
Week 3: Ethics in Business
1. Content: Knowledge: 1. Meaning of ethics in business. 2. Importance of ethics in business. 3. Basic ethical principles: honesty, fairness, respect for others, accountability, etc. 4. Ethical and unethical behaviour. 5. Consequences of unethical behaviour on employees and businesses.
2. Performance Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. state the meaning of ethics in business, 2. discuss the importance of ethics in business, 3. explain basic ethical principles in business, 4. distinguish between ethical and unethical behaviour, 5. discuss the effects of unethical behaviour on employees and businesses, 6. explain how unethical behaviour in business can be prevented.
3. Learning Activities
i. Teacher Activities: Facilitate brainstorming, case analysis, and video watching.
ii. Student Activities: 1. Brainstorm on the meaning and importance of ethics in business, 2. Discuss the basic ethical principles in business, 3. In groups, analyse case studies on ethical issues in business, 4. Watch video clips on ethical and unethical behaviour and the consequences, and brainstorm on how unethical behaviour in business can be prevented.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Poster cards, Internet, Business cases on ethical issues, Video clips, Digital devices, plus role-play props. Make it successful by using posters for principles. Video clips spark debates.
Week 4: Right Attitude to Work
1. Content: Knowledge: 1. Meaning of right attitude to work. 2. Punctuality and regularity: meaning, importance, attributes (commitment, interest, promptness, consistency). 3. Devotion to duty: Meaning, importance. 4. Effects of positive and negative work attitude on employees and businesses. Skill: Developing right attitude towards work.
Explain with workplace stories. i. define right attitude as positive approach. ii. punctuality as being on time. iii. devotion as dedication. iv. effects like success vs failure.
2. Performance Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. state the meaning of right attitude to work, 2. explain punctuality and regularity, 3. discuss the importance of punctuality and regularity in business, 4. discuss the attributes of punctuality and regularity, 5. explain devotion to duty and its importance, 6. explain the effects of positive and negative work attitudes on employees and businesses.
3. Learning Activities
i. Teacher Activities: Guide group discussions, chart creation, poster making, and debates.
ii. Student Activities: 1. Discuss in groups the meanings and importance of right attitude to work, punctuality and regularity, 2. Create charts showing the attributes of punctuality and regularity, 3. Work in groups to create posters on importance of devotion to duty, 4. Debate on the effects of positive and negative work attitude on employees and businesses.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Cardboards, Internet, Business case studies on right attitude to work, Video clips, plus time clocks.
Week 5: Honesty in Business and Ethics in Sourcing and Using Chemicals
1. Content: Content for Honesty in Business: Knowledge: 1. Meaning of honesty. 2. Attributes of honesty: truthfulness, sincerity, fair play, frankness, transparency, etc. 3. Causes of dishonesty and how to overcome them. 4. Rewards for honesty. 5. Consequences of dishonesty on businesses and individuals.
Content for Ethics in Sourcing and Using Chemicals: 1. Meaning of chemicals. 2. Suitable and unsuitable chemicals for use in food and drugs. 3. Ethics in sourcing and using chemicals: source chemicals from licensed chemical vendors, good handling techniques, good distribution, proper disposal, etc.
4. Consequences of unethical use of chemicals. 5. Monitoring and controlling the use of chemicals in food and drugs. Skill: Observing ethical practices in sourcing and using chemicals in food and drugs.
Cover both with examples. For honesty: i. define as truth. ii. attributes like transparency. iii. causes like greed, overcome with values. iv. rewards like trust. v. consequences like jail. For chemicals: i. define as substances. ii. suitable like approved additives. iii. ethics like proper sourcing. iv. consequences like health risks. v. monitoring by agencies.
2. Performance Objectives: For Honesty in Business: Students should be able to: 1. state the meaning of honesty, 2. discuss the attributes of honesty, 3. explain the factors that cause people to lie and how to overcome them, 4. state the rewards for honesty, 5. explain the consequences of dishonesty, 6. observe honesty in business practices.
For Ethics in Sourcing and Using Chemicals: Students should be able to: i. explain the meaning of chemicals, ii. differentiate between chemicals that are suitable and those that are unsuitable for use in food and drugs, iii. state the ethics in sourcing and using chemicals,
iv. explain the consequences of unethical use of chemicals, v. discuss the need for monitoring and controlling the use of chemicals in food and drugs, vi. observe ethical practices in sourcing and using chemicals in food and drugs.
3. Learning Activities
i. Teacher Activities: Guide information gathering, presentations, and video watching for both topics.
ii. Student Activities: For Honesty in Business: 1. Gather information from online and other sources to create presentation on the meaning and attributes of honesty, 2. Share their experiences (if any) of moments when they lied, reasons, lessons-learned and ways to avoid lying, 3. Debate on the rewards for being honest in business and consequences of being dishonest.
For Ethics in Sourcing and Using Chemicals: 1. Discuss the meaning of chemicals, 2. Create diagrams to illustrate the chemicals that are suitable and those that are unsuitable for use in food and drugs, 3. Watch videos on ethical issues in sourcing and using chemicals, 4. Gather information from online and other sources and use them to discuss the need for monitoring and controlling the use of chemicals in food and drugs.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: For Honesty in Business: Textbooks, Internet, Digital devices. For Ethics in Sourcing and Using Chemicals: Cardboard papers, Markers, Video clips, Digital devices, Internet, plus chemical labels.
Week 6: Introduction to Marketing
1. Content: Knowledge: 1. Meaning of marketing. 2. Importance of marketing. 3. Functions of marketers. 4. Scope of marketing. 5. Core concepts in marketing: needs, wants, demand, market, products, consumers, customers, etc.
2. Performance Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. state the meaning of marketing, 2. explain the importance of marketing, 3. discuss the functions of marketers, 4. identify the scope of marketing, 5. explain the core concepts in marketing.
3. Learning Activities
i. Teacher Activities: Facilitate discussions and group work.
ii. Student Activities: 1. Discuss the meaning and importance of marketing, 2. Gather information online on the functions of marketers and core concepts in marketing, 3. Work in groups to illustrate the scope of marketing using charts.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: 1. Cardboard papers and markers. 2. Internet, plus ad posters.
Use aids for creativity. Charts illustrate scope well.
Week 7: Mid-Term Break
Conduct a mid-term test from week 1 to 6 topics. Cover insurance, ethics, attitude, honesty, chemicals, marketing. This reinforces key ideas before break.
Week 8: Marketing Mix
1. Content: Knowledge: 1. Meaning of marketing mix. 2. 4Ps of marketing mix: Product, Price, Promotion, Place. 3. Characteristics of the 4Ps. Skill: formulating marketing strategies using the marketing mix.
2. Performance Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. explain marketing mix, 2. describe the characteristics of each element of the marketing mix, 3. apply marketing mix in formulating marketing strategy, 4. develop marketing strategy using the marketing mix.
3. Learning Activities
i. Teacher Activities: Guide discussions, case studies, and strategy development.
ii. Student Activities: 1. Discuss the marketing mix and the characteristics of the 4ps, 2. In group, use case studies to practice application of marketing mix in formulating marketing strategy, 3. Develop marketing strategy for a given product using the marketing mix.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Computers, Internet, plus product samples. Success comes from using computers for case research.
Week 9: The Office
1. Content: Knowledge: 1. Meaning of an office. 2. Functions of an office. 3. Types of office: small Office and large offices, flexible workspaces (virtual offices, co-working spaces, creative spaces, breakout spaces, etc.). 4. departments in an organisation and their functions: administration, procurement, accounting, marketing, human resource, production, logistics, etc.
Teach with diagrams. i. define office as workspace. ii. functions like record keeping. iii. types like virtual. iv. departments like marketing.
2. Performance Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. define an office, 2. state the functions of an office, 3. differentiate between the types of office, 4. identify the departments in an office and their functions, 5. design and set up an office.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Guide brainstorming and visits, facilitate group design.
ii. Student Activities: 1. Brainstorm in groups on the meaning, functions and types of office, 2. Visit an organisation to identify the various departments and their functions, 3. Work in groups to design an office for a given business.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Photographs and diagrams of departments in an organisation, plus office layouts. Use photos to show real offices.
Week 10: Office Staff
1. Content: Knowledge: 1. Meaning of office staff. 2. Duties and qualities of office staff: secretary, receptionist, virtual assistants. 3. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics in facilitating office work. 4. Impact and potential impacts of AI and robotics on staffing. Skill: Using AI to perform a given office task.
Cover with demos. i. define staff as workers. ii. duties like answering calls. iii. AI like chatbots. iv. impacts like job changes.
2. Performance Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. describe office staff, 2. state the duties and qualities of various office staff, 3. discuss the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics in facilitating office work, 4. discuss the impacts and potential impacts of AI and robotics on staffing, 5. use AI in performing a given secretarial task.
3. Learning Activities
i. Teacher Activities: Guide group brainstorming and visits, facilitate presentations and AI use.
ii. Student Activities: 1. Work in groups to brainstorm on the meaning of office staff, their duties and qualities, 2. Visit an organisation to observe office staff at work, 3. Work in groups to search information online and prepare presentations on how AI and robotics can be used to facilitate office work as well as their potential impacts on staffing, 4. Use AI in performing a given secretarial task (e.g. writing letters, preparing proposals, etc.).
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Pictures of office staff on duty, Internet, Digital Devices, Video Clips, plus AI apps. This Foster learning by using digital devices for AI trials.
Week 11: Revision
Revise all lessons from the term. Review key ideas and do practice tests to get ready for exams.
Week 12: Examination
Start the exam for the term. Test on all second term topics.
Week 13: Examination, Marking & Vacation
Finish exams, mark and record scores, then begin vacation.