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AQA A Level Business, For A-Level Year 1 and AS, 5th edition, Malcolm Surridge and Andrew Gillespie, Hodder Education, 2015, 333 pages, paperback, £24.99, ISBN 9781471836138
This is the latest offering in the series of textbooks written by Malcolm Surridge and Andrew Gillespie for the AQA Business Studies A Level, to be known as Business A Level from September.
The book is suitable for pupils studying both AS Level Business and Year 1 of the A Level qualification.
The introduction provides a clear overview of the structure of the book, linking the content to the new specification. This enables pupils to gain an understanding of the requirements of the AQA qualification and will initially be helpful for teachers new to teaching the course. The structure of the book is also explained; each chapter includes a number of features : 'Business in Focus', these are mini case studies relevant to the topics covered in the chapter followed by a couple of questions based on the case study. These questions are discursive, aiming to get pupils to think about applying the theory to real world examples; they would be useful to stimulate class discussions.
'What do you think?', questions are posed to the reader, making them consider the content of the chapter. Sometimes they also ask the reader to link theories covered in a different section of the book; this is particularly useful given the linear nature of...