A Level Economics Edexcel Pearson Aqa

Economics Student Guide

What you'll learn

Develope your knowledge of economic themes in Edexcel, AQA, specifications and put theory into context with focused past exam questions and activities.

Topic by topic guidance from experienced engagement and communication professional with teaching and real life industry experience.

Build your essay writing skills with worked essay frames and samples throughout the course.

Feel confident in your exam skills: You can put what you learn into practice with activities and exam-style questions.

Ensure you can explain key economic concepts and issues accurately and effectively whilst creating logical chains of reasoning.

Requirements

No prerequisites or experience required. You will learn everything you need to know.

Description

The aim of this course is to help you prepare for the Edexcel Pearson, AQA A level Economics Papers. It includes all the topics required. This guide should be used as a supplement for a thought course along with text books and other materials recommended by your teacher. The course has two sections, content guidance section in the form of a video which summarises the specification content and a question and answer section, that provides guidance on how to answer both short and open ended questions. It also includes sample asnwers and comments on how to improve performance. SpecificationThe course is structured in four parts to prepare you for 3 exam papers, paper 1 microeconomics, paper 2 macroeconomics and paper 3 a synoptic (mix between micro and macro). The first part is "Introduction to markets and market failure" which corresponds with exam paper 1 of the same name. The second part is "The UK economy: Performances and policies" which corresponds with exam paper 2 of the same name. The third part "Business Behaviour and labour markets" builds on knowledge gained from part 1 and revisits microeconomics to strenghten understanding and develop analytical and evaluation thinking skills to be applied in exam paper 1 and 3 The four part "A Gobal Perspective" builds on the material and knowledge gained from part 2, revisiting macroeconomics to support the study of advance economics for exam paper 2 and 3.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to markets and market failure - Microeconomics

Lecture 1 Rational Decision Making and Alternative Consumer Behaviour

Lecture 2 Demand

Lecture 3 Price Elasticity of Demand

Lecture 4 Income Elasticity of Demand

Lecture 5 Cross Elasticity of Demand

Lecture 6 Government Intervention in Markets, Indirect taxes and Subsidies

Section 2: The UK economy, performance and policies - Macroeconomics

Lecture 7 Aggregate Supply

Lecture 8 Inflation and unemployment

Section 3: Business Behaviour and the Labour Market - Microeconomics

Lecture 9 Introduction business and the external environment

Lecture 10 Business Growth, Business Objectives

Lecture 11 Returns to a factor and returns to scale. Revenue, Productio, Costs and Profit

Lecture 12 Perfect Competition

Lecture 13 Monopolistic Competition

Lecture 14 Monopolistic Competition and Price Discrimination

Lecture 15 Oligopoly

Lecture 16 Monopoly

Lecture 17 Labour Markets, Demand, Supply and Wage.

Section 4: Global Perspective - Macroeconomics

Lecture 18 Globalisation

Lecture 19 Trading Blocs

Lecture 20 Trade

Lecture 21 Exchange Rates

Lecture 22 Inequality

Lecture 23 Macro economic policies, the Philips Curve

The aim of this course is the prepare students for the Edexcel or AQA AS and A level Economics examination. It includes all of the topics required for the A-Level paper.,This course should be used as a supplement for a tough course along with text books and other material recommended by your teacher.