At ZED Tuition, we endeavour to provide consistency in our approach, whether in individual or group lessons. Our focus is always on developing students’ skills to interpret and understand content, so they can effectively apply their knowledge. ZED Tuition’s programs are designed around this focus, and are implemented in conjunction with regular, consistent and effective feedback – the cornerstone of ZED Tuition’s philosophy.

For Stage 6 Economics, we offer tuition in the following formats:

  • Individual
    • one-hour lessons
    • student discretion regarding number per term.
  • Group (2-10 students)
    • 2-hour lesson per week
    • 10 lessons per school term
    • See below for lesson program.

ZED Tuition’s Economics courses intend to guide their students towards achievement of the following success criteria as adapted from the New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA):
– Integration of economic terminology, theory and relationships to analyse the role and impact of economic markets and participants;
– Comprehensive explanation, analysis and evaluation of government economic policies in domestic, global and hypothetical contexts;
– Sophisticated development of economic arguments to comprehensively evaluate the impacts of economic issues on economic participants
– Application and analysis of mathematical concepts, both in written and diagrammatic formats.

ZED Tuition’s group lessons will cover the following NESA-developed curriculum modules throughout its term programs*:

Year 11 Year 12
Topic One – Introduction to Economics

Topic Two – Consumers and Business

Topic Three – Markets

Topic Four – labour Markets

Topic Five – Financial Markets

Topic Six – Government in the Economy 		Topic One – The Global Economy

Topic Two – Australia’s Place in the Global Economy

Topic Three – Economic Issues

Topic Four – Economic Policies and Management  

* The actual scope and sequence of modules/topics/subtopics will be determined at the discretion of the Head of Department during program creation.

For further information regarding NESA requirements for the Preliminary and Higher School Certificate Economics Courses, please refer to the link below or contact one of our qualified staff members.

https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/hsie/economics

GROUP LESSON PROGRAM

Time Lesson Development
15 minutes Assessment
– Test to assess content covered
– Multiple Choice and Short Answer examination-style questions
– See below regarding Student Feedback Portfolio
55 minutes Content Delivery
– Explicit teacher instruction in specified syllabus content areas
50 minutes Application
– Teacher directed analysis of content related and application-based questions
– Student opportunity for application of content to questions and to seek clarification of content covered.
– Students may also seek assistance with school work in this time. 

STUDENT FEEDBACK PORTFOLIO

In staying true to our philosophy on the importance of effective feedback for student academic progression, ZED Academy provides each student with their own Feedback Portfolio, which can be accessed by parents and guardians throughout the term. The Student Feedback Portfolio is an important communication tool between the Academy and parents/guardians to maintain transparency regarding their child’s performance. Contained in the student Feedback Portfolio is:

  • Copies of weekly assessment tasks and results
  • Copies of pre and post-term assessment tasks
  • Weekly Participation Report that monitors in-class and homework completion
  • End of Term Report.

This Feedback Portfolio is provided free of charge to all students enrolled in a term course, both individual and group format.