Teaching and learning framework 

Stage 2 Economics is a 20-credit subject.

The skills and conceptual understandings developed in the core topic ‘Thinking like an economist’ are:

• economic inquiry skills
• data analysis
• microeconomics
• macroeconomics.

Teachers facilitate student learning of these skills and conceptual understandings using problem-based scenarios from two or more different contexts.

Students are provided with opportunities to demonstrate application of their learning to a variety of contexts. When developing teaching programs, teachers determine the depth and breadth for each context.