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LEARNING EXPERIENCE
(LESSON PLAN)

Pre-Service Teacher’s Name Stefano Albert

Year 11 Date 09/11/2020 Time 60 mins

Key Learning Area(s) Business studies

Learning Purpose - brief and explicit description of the purpose of the lesson and the outcomes expected
The purpose of this lesson is to get students to understand the difference regarding the
characteristics of the business life cycle stages, challenges faced in different stages of the
business lifecycle, contemporary business outlined in relation to business life cycle.
Students will have the opportunities to engage in group activities and share their ideas
with reference to the topic at hand.

Links with previous learning and links to other KLAs

This lesson links directly with the previous topics of the nature of business. The topic
will help students bring their own background knowledge from previous lessons and
help further incorporate the concept at hand.

Syllabus outcome/objectives(s) Indicators / Content (List up to 3)

Pre 2012 Post 2012 NESA
Syllabus
P1 discusses the nature of business, its role in Business growth and decline
society and types of business structure
 Identifying the 2 out of 4 stages of
P2 explains the internal and external
influences on businesses the business life cycle
o Maturity
P6 analyses the responsibilities of business to o Post - Maturity
internal and external stakeholders  Responding to challenges at each
stage of the business life cycle
P7 plans and conducts investigations into
contemporary business issues

P8 evaluates information for actual and

hypothetical business situations

Cross-curricula priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Sustainability  
cultures  
Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia   Difference and diversity 
Civics and citizenship  Work and enterprise
General capabilities
Critical and creative Intercultural understanding Numeracy
thinking
Ethical understanding Personal and social Literacy
capability
Information and communication technology capability
Quality Teaching elements
Intellectual Quality Quality learning Significance
environment
Deep knowledge Explicit quality criteria Background knowledge
Deep understanding Engagement Cultural knowledge
Problematic knowledge High expectations Knowledge integration
Higher order thinking Social support Inclusivity
Metalanguage Students’ self-regulation Connectedness
Substantive communication Student direction Narrative
Sequence of Teaching/Learning experiences Teaching strategies Assessment Time Resources

BEFORE CLASS: PowerPoint Slides,

Worksheet, Class
 Organization of classroom to ensure projector and computer is
activities
completely functional
 Ensure PowerPoint slides to be ready
 Print off additional Worksheet and Class activities to be
handed out to each student
 Provide feedback and evaluation on students’ worksheet
submitted through Google Classroom and the list of students’
personal goals regarding last lesson

INTRODUCTION Textbook,
Laptop/iPad,
 Class settles in with textbook (Business studies in action 3 rd
Worksheet
edition), (4.2 Business life cycle – stages and responding to
challenges)
 Administration to ensure roll is checked and to provide any
important announcements

SLIDE 1 & 2 Whole Class, Direct Informative Assessment 2 mins PowerPoint Slides
 Teacher introduces the topic of the day “Business growth and Instruction - Ensure students
decline” with the focus on the maturity phase and post maturity understand the
stage of the Business Life Cycle (BLC) and the challenges outline and
faced by businesses in these stages of the BLC. instructions of today’s
 Teacher outlines the proposed “Learning Outcomes” from the lesson
“Business Studies stage 6 syllabus (2010)”
 Teacher to distribute the worksheet and provide instruction to
students to fill the worksheet that will be used as their personal
notes

SLIDE 3 Whole class discussion Informal Assessment 4 mins Whiteboard,

CLASS ACTIVITY – MIND MAP (Open questioning), Mind - To assess student’s PowerPoint Slides,
 Teacher to review the topic discussed from last lesson as mapping, Low order Question understanding from Mind Map
today’s topic is the continuation of it previous lesson as it
 Teacher to use direct questioning to ensure student’s memory is still connected
regarding last lesson - Low order question
 Open question:
o “Identify 1 stages of the business life cycle”
  Teacher to randomly select 4 students to provide answers

 Expected answers:
o Establishment, growth, maturity, post maturity
 Teacher to provide engaging feedback to the answer such as:
o Excellent / Nice / Brilliant / Lovely
 Teacher to list down all the answers on the whiteboard using a
“Mind Map” with “Business life cycle” as the middle point
o Refer to mind map 2.1

SLIDE 4 Direct Instruction Informative Assessment, 3 mins Whiteboard,

 Teacher to explain the characteristics of maturity stage - Clearly explaining Literacy based skill PowerPoint Slide,
o Maturity begins when sales come to a Plato. topic - Students are Worksheet,
o The business is thriving with a good customer base - Engaging use of combining visual and Textbook pp. 99 –
and regular cash flow. Worksheet written skills of 100
o It is now that a more formal, detailed approach auditory learning
towards planning should take place.
o During growth, it is more important to make quick
decisions with a good chance of success.
o Now the rate of change has slowed; more detailed
long-term plans can be made
 Teacher to choose a student to read out definition to further
engage class and incorporate a form of multimodal teaching
with the combination of text, visual and audio modes of
meaning
 Teacher to put stronger tone when speaking the underlined
words to emphasis its importance
 Teacher to instruct students to fill the explanation on their
worksheet

SLIDE 5 Whole class discussion Informal Assessment 3 mins Whiteboard,

 Open Question: (Targeted questioning), Mind - To assess student’s PowerPoint Slides
o “Identify businesses that you think are in the maturity Mapping, Low order Thinking understanding Mind map
stage”
 Teacher to randomly select 6 - 8 student to provide answers Lower order question

 Expected Answers:
o Woolworths, Coles, Jb hifi, Zara, IGA, Rebel, etc.
 Teacher to provide engaging feedback to the answer such as:
 o Excellent / Nice / Brilliant / Lovely
 Teacher to list down all the answers on the whiteboard using a
“Mind Map” with “matured business” as the middle point
o Refer to Mind Map 2.2

Direct Instruction Informative Assessment 3 mins PowerPoint Slides,

SLIDE 6 - Clearly explaining Worksheet,
 Teacher to identify with class the key challenges faced by topic Textbook pp. 99 –
businesses during the maturity stage. - Engaging use of 100
o Business growth slows Worksheet
o Risk of losing drive
o Enthusiasm among workforces

 Teacher to utilize the use of a table to provide better

explanation to students
 Teacher to instruct students to fill the explanation on their
worksheet
Direct Instruction, Think pair Formative Assessment 15 mins PowerPoint Slides,
SLIDE 7 – 8 share, mind mapping, small - Fostering student’s Worksheet
 CLASS ACTIVITY: CASE STUDY QUESTIONS groups of 2, Higher order understanding
o Teacher to present students with case study in their question - Thinking strategy
worksheets and on PowerPoint slide. - Case study to draw
o TASK: upon knowledge with
 Students will be assigned to work in pairs activity to help foster
 Construct a summary the Coles’ case study in different style of
one page using a mind map. articulating
o Students will be instructed to read the case study and information
create a mind map of the summary
o Expected answers:
 Refer to worksheet
 During the activity, Teacher will walk around the class to
ensure each student stays on task and answer any content
related questions
 Teacher to select 3 random pairs to share their answers
 Teacher to provide engaging feedback to the answer such as:
Excellent / Nice / Brilliant / Good responses
 Teacher to correct or justify the answers if necessary
 Direct Instruction Informative Assessment 3 mins PowerPoint Slides,
SLIDE 9 - Clearly explaining Textbook pp.101 –
 Teacher to explain the characteristic of the post maturity stage topic 103, Worksheet
o The final stage consists of three possible outcomes: - Engaging use of
Worksheet
 Renewal: New areas of growth cause
increased sales and profits
 Steady State: A continuing state of maturity.
 Decline: Profits begin to fall as a result of poor
management; often a direct result of a drop in
sales or excess expenses.
 Teacher to put stronger tone when speaking the underlined
words to emphasis its importance
 Teacher to instruct students to fill the explanation on their
worksheet

Direct Instruction Informative Assessment 3 mins PowerPoint Slides,

SLIDE 10 - Clearly explaining Textbook pp. 101 –
 Teacher to identify with class the key challenges faced by topic 103, Worksheet
businesses during the post maturity stage. - Engaging use of
o Sales fall due to falling customers Worksheet
o Competition
o Outdated products
o Poor customer relations
o Financing becomes more difficult to secure and more
expensive.
 Teacher to utilize the use of a table to provide better
explanation to students
 Teacher to instruct students to fill the explanation on their
worksheet

Direct Instruction, Formative Assessment 20 mins PowerPoint Slides,

SLIDE 11 Short answer questions, - To assess student’s Worksheet
 CLASS ACTIVITY: CASE STUDY SHORT ANSWER Higher Order thinking, understanding on the
QUESTION Feedback concept of ethical
o Teacher to present students with the case study of investment
- Higher order question
Nokia
o This is an individual work
 o Link to research:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=QUk6V_fBSPw
o Questions:
 Summarise the challenges faced by the
chosen business during the post-maturity
phase
 Identify and outline some strategies that
business has proposed to help respond to
some challenges it faced.
 Explain the different aspects that contributed
to the business's renewal
 Explain the goals of your chosen business
heading into the future. Are there any
strategies that you would recommend for your
business?
o Expected answers:
 Not profitable, Market share declining rapidly,
Outdated products – similar phones for a long
period of time, did not embrace to change
regarding smartphones, Lose competition to
apple’s smartphone
 Nokia tried to embrace the change by
highlighting their strength regarding hardware
and develop their old-fashioned phone into a
smartphone to match apple’s smartphone.
Nokia also tried to work together with
Microsoft and Android to improve their
software
 Nokia’s renewal was driven by the massive
decline in profit and number of customers as
well as the drive to compete with apple’s
smartphone development
 Nokia’s goal was to regain their spot as the
leading market share, and I would suggest
Nokia to hire a young leader with fresh vision
and innovation while investing more funds into
research and development to fix their outdated
software and also reactive towards rapid
technology changes

 During the activity, Teacher will walk around the class to

 ensure each student stays on task and answer any content
related questions
 Teacher to select 8 random students to share their answers (2
students for 1 question)
 Teacher to provide engaging feedback to the answer such as:
Excellent / Nice / Brilliant / Good responses
 Teacher to correct or justify the answers if necessary

Direct Instruction Informative Assessment 2 mins PowerPoint Slides,

SLIDE 12 – 13 Google Classroom
 Teacher to sum up the lesson by reviewing what have been
discussed in today’s lesson
 Teacher to ask if any of the students have questions regarding
today’s lesson
 Teacher to inform students that the slides will be available
through Google Classroom
 Teacher to instruct all the students to email their filled
worksheet and notes from the case study activity through
Google Classroom to be checked
 Teacher to instruct all the students to also email their list of
personal goals that they would like to achieve
 Teacher to provide a brief outline of next lesson’s topic from
the “Business studies stage 6 syllabus (2010)”
 Teacher to thank all the students for the attentions and
participations on today’s class and finally dismiss the class
Links with further learning
This links with previous topics learnt in the nature of business as well as a good lead onto the
topic of business management. Direct links to the business life cycle and the next stages of the
concept at hand.

Reflection after Teaching

Student learning (give examples of how you know that students have learned the skills and
understandings taught, and identify areas that still need addressing)

Teaching skills and strategies (Critical evaluation/ reflection of two or three key aspects of your
teaching)