Overview

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New and Improved!

  • Revised and restructured for the needs of the Common Level specification
  • The best support for all aspects of exam preparation
  • The only programme to include the 2022 exam paper in its design!
  • A more concise edition with all the essential content covered
  • Best practice and revision
  • Plenty of practical digital resources to enhance your lessons
  • Written by John Taylor, author of SMART Business and Eurobusiness

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Smarter Structure

  • Chapters are structured by learning goals, making them easy to follow, easy to teach and easy to learn
  • A more concise edition with all the essential content covered
  • Clear language
  • Eye-catching design
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Unrivalled Exam Focus

  • The only programme to include the 2022 exam paper in its design!
  • Online, editable class tests, including mock papers for third year
  • Past-paper questions and exam-style questions reflect the requirements of the SEC exam
  • An exam chapter with descriptions of question types, question-answering strategies and a bank of exam questions
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Best Practice and Revision

  • The Skills and Accounts Book is packed with exam-focused practice and even more budgeting and account questions
  • Review and Revise sections test student knowledge at the end of every chapter
  • Chapter summaries cover all keywords and revision points
  • Quick Quizzes in every chapter allow for regular retrieval practice and in-class discussion
  • Take the Challenge activities stretch student knowledge and encourage group and pair work
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Digital Resources to enhance your lessons

  • New PowerPoints – editable, concise and including activities to enhance the classroom experience
  • eNewsletters with timely, topical content
  • Updated worksheets and accounting templates

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How it works

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The SMART Business (2nd edition) programme package:

  • Revised, concise student textbook with all the essential content
  • A Skills and Accounts Book with lots of different questions for practise and revision, as well as providing a space for students to prepare for the CBAs
  • A Teacher’s Guide with planning advice, schemes of work and other resources to assist your teaching
  • Digital Resources to enhance your lessons including PowerPoints, solutions, editable exams, interactivities, and lots more

Check out our short overview of how SMART Business (2nd edition) works!

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Webinar for Business Studies Teachers: Exam Technique - Examining the 2023 JC Business Paper

Chloe Keane, chairperson of the Limerick BSTAI branch and an experienced Business Studies teacher, offers invaluable tips and insights to support your students' success.

Additionally, Conor Walker, our Head of Post-Primary Publishing, showcases how SMART Business (2nd edition) for JC Business Studies can benefit teachers. 

Check out our short overview video about SMART Business (2nd edition) 

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