Syllabus
Unit 1 : aims and objectives of teaching
commerce and accountancy
Commerce : Meaning, Nature and Scope – Aims and
objectives of teaching Commerce in school, Instructional objectives
and Behavioural Objective – Need and Importance of Instructional
Objectives. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Instructional Objectives :
Cognitive, Affective and Psycho-motor Domains, reversed Bloom’s
Taxonomy 2001 (Anderson & Krathwohl) Interrelation among the
domains – Correlation between subjects – Values of Teaching
Commerce.
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Unit 2 : teaching skills
Micro-Teaching : Concept, Definition, Steps, Cycle –
Micro-teaching Vs Macro – Teaching – Skill of Set Induction – Skill
of Explaining, Skill of Questioning, Probing Skills, Skill of Stimulus
Variation, Skill of Reinforcement, Skill of non-verbal, Clues, Skill of
Closure – Link lesson – Model Episode.
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Unit 3 : approaches of teaching commerce and accountancy
Approach of Lesson Planning – Steps – Organizing
Teaching : Memory level (Herbartian Model), Understanding Level
(Morrison teaching Model), Reflective Level (Bigge and Hunt
Teaching Model) -Unit Plan – Lesson Plan Writing.
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Unit 4 : methods of teaching
Teacher-centred instruction ; lecture method,
demonstration and team teaching – learner centered instruction:
Self-learning, Forms of Self-learning; programmed instruction,
computer assisted instruction, keller plan , project method, Activity
Based learning (ABL). Active Learning Method (ALM) – mind map
and advanced active learning method (AALM)
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Unit 5 : instructional media
Classification of Instructional Media in commerce and
Accountancy – Use of Mass media in classroom instruction. New
emerging media: Teleconferencing, Communication Satellites,
Computer Networking, Word Processors, Blended Learning,
Flipped Classroom, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality
– Community Resources : Field-trips – Commerce Exhibition/Fair –
Commerce Resource Centre – Commerce Club – Qualities of a good
Commerce textbook – Qualities of a good Commerce Teacher.