About Comview
Comview is the annual conference of the Victorian Commercial Teachers Association (VCTA). The program includes presentations and workshops to update business studies teachers' knowledge of their subject disciplines, provides classroom strategies and activities to assist in improving student outcomes and facilitates forums for discussion and debate in business education. In addition, this year's program provides the opportunity for teachers to examine developments in education policy and curriculum development, particularly as it applies to business studies education. Become a member of VCTA and benefit from discounted registration fees for Comview.
Comview strands on offer
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State and National Directions The Australian Curriculum: What’s the latest and where to from here? Will the new Prime Minister stay on the same path? -
Essential Learning program I killed my best mate; Racism, global citizenship, Web 2.0; Get specific about the Pacific; Doing business with the Arab League; Fair trade in jocks and socks
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Accounting program ABC of a corporate collapse; Tackling challenging topics; Newly accredited Accounting study design 2012; Aps, iPhones, iPads, blogs, wikis, voice threads and more
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Business Management program Resource multimedia give-aways; Computer games and simulations for BM; Small business: is it the future?; Literacy strategies to engage struggling students in the BM classroom -
Economics program The newly accredited Economics curriculum; Global competitiveness; Dr Chris Caton and Ross Gittins return to Comview; iPhones, iPads, iwhat?
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Industry & Enterprise program An update on employee relations; Ideas, networking, updates, new resources -
Legal Studies program Meet a High Court judge; Reducing knife crime; VCAT review; Death sentence & comparative sentencing practices; On the (Supreme Court) bench; The newly accredited Legal Studies 2011
Modern venue in the heart of the city
Victoria University
Faculty of Business and Law
300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
Find out more
Conference dinner
On Monday 6 December 2010 treat yourself to dinner with your colleagues in the city. You will be asked to register and pay in advance (along with your conference registration.) The meal will be two course (entre and main) plus drinks for a two hour package. Fee to be confirmed but approximately $85 per person; full details available soon.
Comview Expo
Monday 6 December
(one day only)
from 8.30am to 5.00pm
Exhibitors (as of 30/8/2010) are:
- Australian Stock Exchange
- Cambridge University Press
- Macmillan
- Oxford University Press
- Reckon
- Software Publications
- Victoria University
- Victorian Teachers Credit Union
- VCTA
For more information on the exhibitors click here.
For exhibition inquiries email Kristi Sheldon, Manager Conferences & Events, National Curriculum Services.
Meet the presenters
The Hon. Justice Kenneth Madison Hayne, AC
The Hon. Justice Kenneth Madison Hayne, AC was appointed to the High Court of Australia in September 1997. At the time of his appointment he was a Judge of the Court of Appeal of Victoria having been appointed one of the foundation judges of that Court in 1995. He graduated in Arts and Law from the University of Melbourne and as a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford. Elected Rhodes Scholar for Victoria in 1969, he joined the Victorian Bar in 1971 and was appointed Queen's Counsel for Victoria in 1984. He was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1992. In 2002 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.
Thank you to our partners Victoria University Faculty of Business and Law and Reckon for their ongoing support of VCTA and Comview.
Introducing Comview exhibitors
Australian Securities Exchange
Visit us at our Comview Expo Stand and explore the ASX Schools Sharemarket Game The game supports the existing financial literacy curriculum and is designed to get students involved in using skills such as research, analysis, money management and investing.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is committed to the future of education. We strive to publish exceptional resources that reflect specific syllabus requirements and broader curriculum developments, incorporate educational change and technological innovation. Visit us at our Expo Stand at Comview to explore our new range of resources.
Oxford University Press
At Oxford University Press we are committed to developing the best print and electronic educational resources. Visit the Oxford Stand at Comview for the latest editions of Justice and Outcomes and Access and Justice – specifically written for the new Study Design, and Oxford Commerce a student-centered resource written for VELS.
