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Teaching commitmentBiographyAnita Forsyth is currently a lecturer in teacher education at Monash University where her areas of interest are Economics and Business Studies education, SOSE/Studies of Society and Environment/Humanities curriculum, economic literacy, teaching, learning and assessment and civics and citizenship education issues, school improvement and accountability, leadrship and professional learning.Anita has authored a number of economics, SOSE and business studies textbooks and journal articles (some examples are listed below). She is the editor of the economics section of Compak - the Victorian Commercial Teachers Association (VCTA) professional journal for teachers. She regularly speaks at professional development seminars and conferences for educators.Anita is currently Chair - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority's (VCAA) VCE Economics Exam Setting Panel and is Chief Assessor.Anita co-authored the current VCE Economics Study Design (syllabus), and authored the Teacher Advice, assessment advice and both school based and exam based assessment criteria.
Research InterestsEconomics and Business Studies education, SOSE/Studies of Society and Environment/Humanities curriculum, economic literacy, teaching, learning and assessment and civics and citizenship education issues, school improvement and accountability, leadership and professional learning
Professional Associations
Community Service
- President of St Margarets School, Berwick, School Council
- Member of VCTA Professional Learning Planning group
- Editorial Board member and Economics section editor of VCTA professional teachers journal COMPAK
- Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) Chair VCE Economics Examination Setting panel and VCE Economics Chief Assessor
- Accreditated Victorian Department of Education School Reviewer
PublicationsPrince, R., Forsyth, A. P., Prince, M., 2006, Australian economic statistics 2006. Trends, objectives and policies, Warringal Publicaions, Fitzroy Vic.
Forsyth, A. P., 2006, Constructing social education curriculum for the twenty-first century: the role and importance of economics education, AARE 2005, 27/11/05 to 1/12/05, AARE, Parramatta NSW, pp. 1-13.
Forsyth, A. P., 2006, A focus on economic reasoning and interpretation, Compak, vol May 2006, ed 2, Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, Collingwood Vic., pp. 60-62.
Forsyth, A. P., 2006, Australia's external performance: issues and questions, Compak, vol August, ed 3, Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, Collingwood Vic., pp. 44-45.
Forsyth, A. P., 2006, Delivering the Economics standards at levels 5 and 6, Compak, vol Feb 2006, ed 1, Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, Collingwood Vic., pp. 55-57.
Forsyth, A. P., 2006, Economic literacy - an essential dimension in the social education curriculum for the twenty-first century, The Social Educator., vol 24, ed 2, Social Educators' Association of Australia (SEAA), Carlton Vic., pp. 29-33.
Forsyth, A. P., 2006, Exam-style questions for Unit 1, Compak, vol May 2006, ed 2, Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, Collingwood Vic., pp. 43-45.
Forsyth, A. P., 2006, Population, employment and change: sample assessment task, Compak, vol February, ed 1, Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, Collingwood Vic., pp. 44-46.
Forsyth, A., Mackenzie-Jesser, J. & Wilson, M., (2002) VCE Economics Practice Examinations A+ Publishing: Melbourne
Forsyth, A., (2005) Catch Them Thinking in COMPAK, No 3.
Forsyth, A. & Andersen, H. (2005) The Economics Learning Domain: an Integrated Approach in COMPAK, No. 2
Forsyth, A. & Stanton, R. (2005) Thinking About Assessment in COMPAK, No. 2
Forsyth, A., (2005) Introducing the New Victorian Essential Learning Standards Feature article in COMPAK No. 1
Forsyth, A., (2005) Selecting the Odd One Out A Thinking Skills Strategy in COMPAK No. 1
Forsyth, A. & McCrann, T. (2004) A Free Trade Agreement With the USA in COMPAK No. 2
Forsyth, A., (2004) Keeping Students Up-to-date Using a Reading Log in COMPAK No. 2
Forsyth, A. and Grinham, T., (2003) Using WebQuests in Economics in COMPAK No. 2
Forsyth, A., (2003) Whats in store for 2004? The revised VCE Economics Study Design in COMPAK No. 2
Forsyth, A. & Tudball L., (2001) Teaching Discovering Democracy the Victorian Experience in Murray Print, Wally Moroz and Pat Reynolds, (eds) Discovering Democracy in Civics and Citizenship Education Social Science Press Centre for Research and Teaching of Civics, University of Sydney, Katoomba NSW A DETYA publication
Forsyth, A. (2001). (Online). People, Profit, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. Case Study, Teacher Advice and Student Activities. In AusAID. Global Education. http://globaled.ausaid.gov.au/secondary/casestud/economics/6/enterprise.html
Forsyth, A. (2000). (Online). Working for a Better World - the Role of Australian Foreign Aid. Case Study, Teacher Advice and Student Activities. In AusAID. Global Education. http://globaled.ausaid.gov.au/secondary/casestud/economics/2/aus-for-aid.html
Forsyth, A., et al. (2000). Australian Economic Statistics - Trends, Objectives and Policies. - 12th ed. Melbourne: Warringal Publishing.
Forsyth, A., et al. (2000). SOSE: Commerce. Brisbane: Jacaranda.
Tudball, L., Forsyth, A., & Brown, J. (2000). Report to the Centre for Research and Teaching in Civic Education. (Case Studies in the Use of Discovering Democracy). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Forsyth, A. (2001). Sample Assessment Tasks for Outcome 2 in Unit 3. COMPAK, 1/2001.
Forsyth, A. (2000). The Green Citizen: Environmental education for Active Citizenship. ETHOS, 8,(3).
Forsyth, A. (2000). Being Enterprising and Economically Literate: Essential Ingredients for Active Citizenship. ETHOS, 8(2).
Forsyth, A. (2000). Economic Globalisation. COMPAK, 2/2000.
Forsyth, A. (2000). Use of IT in Economics Classes. COMPAK, 1/2000.
Forsyth, A. (2000). Teaching Economics with APEEL - Pepping-up your Pedagogy. [CDRom] COMVIEW Conference, November, 2000. Melbourne: VCTA Publishing.
Forsyth, A. (2000). Teaching for Global Citizenship and CSF II. [CDRom] COMVIEW Conference, November, 2000. Melbourne: VCTA Publishing.
Forsyth, A. (1999). Highlighting Change in VCE Economics 2000. COMPAK, 3/1999.
Tudball, L., Triolo, R, and Forsyth, A. (Eds). (1999). Civics and Citizenship Education: Extended Professional Development Program Manual. Canberra: DETYA.
Forsyth, A. (1999). The 'Green' Citizen: Environmental Education for Active Citizenship. In Tudball, L., Triolo, R, and Forsyth, A. (Eds). (1999). Civics and Citizenship Education: Extended Professional Development Program Manual. Canberra: DETYA.
Forsyth, A. (1999). Enterprise and Economic Literacy: Essential Ingredients for Active Citizenship. In Tudball, L., Triolo, R, and Forsyth, A. (Eds). (1999). Civics and Citizenship Education: Extended Professional Development Program Manual. Canberra: DETYA.
Forsyth, A. and Mackenzie-Jesser, J. (1999). VCE Economics Practice Examinations. Melbourne: A+ Publishing.
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