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GCSE Business Studies - OCR, Alain Anderton with Rob Jones, third edition, Causeway Press, textbook and teacher's guide, ISBN 978 1 4058 6451 0 (textbook), ISBN 978 1 4058 6754 2 teacher's guide)
This resource comprises a textbook, a CD and a teacher's guide. Let me begin with the CD which containsa full facsimile copy of the book and more. Each section of each page can be made interactive: click on a section to reveal additional resources. The resources are mainly restricted to PowerPoint presentations-the onesthat I viewed comprise simple listsand definitionsof terms used with minimal additional functionality.
The book is attractive and at around 230 pages contains useful information, discussion, cases, check lists and key terms. There are many case studies based on the real world: many of these have been sourced from the internet and there is the relevant URL at the end of each piece. You will find cases on a franchise, a delicatessen, a cooperative, a museum and more. Each is short and has been designed to bring out a...