1. Method of Teaching Commerce
For teacher of every subject method is important. Method is nothing but a
scientific way of presenting the subject, keeping in mind the psychological and
physical requirements of the children.
For effective learning Commerce the method has to be as good as the content. It
is through method only that it is possible to make a subject interesting and
useful. Without a method, teaching would be hard. The arrangement of the
subject and its presentation is very important for successful teaching.
2. 1. Method of teaching commerce differs from
stage to stage and from age group to age group.
2. The method to be adopted depends upon many
factors which include the environment and the
familiar situations or experiences that are to be
correlated effectively.
3. While teaching a set of pupils with varying
interests, aptitudes and attitudes one has got to
be aware of the psychological basis of teaching
learning process.
3. 1. The term 'method' can be thought of as the most effective
and economic way of learning to take place among
students.
2. Communication of ideas and development of concepts in
a precise manner based on a logical development of
subject is the most important prerequisite in teaching a
subject like commerce.
3. Generally students are afraid of studying commerce.
There are various reasons for this, method being one of
them.
4. Pupils tend to learn commerce through a meaningful
approach to commerce rather than by a mechanical
process.
4. 1. Teaching is thus most difficult task and everybody is not fit
to be a teacher.
2. Some persons may have'flair' for teaching and such
persons have the ability to awaken interest and arrest the
attentions of the students.
3. Some others who are not so fortunate can improve their
teaching through practice if they are fully acquainted with
various methods of teaching.
4. In order to make children learn effectively the teacher has
to adopt the right method of teaching.
5. For choosing right method for a given situation, the
teacher must be familiar with different methods of
teaching.
5. Lecture Method
• (i) Lecture Method
1. It is one of the oldest methods of teaching.
2. It refers to the teaching procedure involved in the clarification or explanation to
the students of some major ideas. It places more emphasis on the presentation
of the content.
3. In this method teacher is more active and the students are passive. In this
method question answer procedure is used to keep the students attentive in the
class.
4. This method is used to clarify matter, to expand content and motivate the
students.
5. To effectively deliver his lecture teacher makes use of certain simple devices such
as changing his voice, impersonating characters shifting his position etc.
6. While delivering his lecture, a teacher can indicate by his facial expression,
gestures and tones the exact shade of the meaning that he wishes to convey.
7. Thus a lecture is a means of setting forth precisely, concisely and effectively the
exact relationship leading to the subjective thought. Thus a lecture can save
time, however, a poor lecture is actually time consuming and wasteful. Even a
good lecture may fail in case sufficient background is lacking among student.
6. Good Lecture.
• A good lecture contemplates complete exposition of a topic,
principle, situation or the like. In order to achieve the goal, it must
be effective and interesting, well expressed, concise, organised and
systematised if the lecture is to become effective.
• To make lecture method effective and Inspirational following points
be given due consideration:
• (i) Matter should be arranged in such a way as to leave a single clear
impression on the minds of the students.
• (ii) The teacher should have pauses in between the lesson so that
the students may learn the new knowledge bit by bit.
• (iii) The rate of exposition should be slow especially if the class is
weak.
• (iv) There should be abundant repetition.
• (v) Children way of looking at things should be considered.
7. • (vi) Language used should be familiar and suitable.
• (vii) The lesson should be divided into sections which have
a logical sequence.
• (viii) Proper use of black-board should be made.
• (ix) Actual models, diagrams charts etc. should be used.
• (x) Students should be encouraged to ask questions
comparisons etc. should be used.
• (xi) Verbal illustration such as examples, comparisons etc.
should be used.
• (xii) The aim of the lesson should be kept in view and the
students should be made fully conversant with the aim.
8. • Merits of Lecture Method
• (i) It is economical and a large number of students can
be taught at a time.
• (ii) It saves time.
• (iii) It is very effective in giving factual information.
• (iv) It makes the work of teacher very simple.
• (v) A good lecture not only stimulates students but
lingers long in their imagination. It motivates students
to become good orators.
• (vi) It provides better scope for classification and for
laying stress on significant ideas.
9. • Merits of Lecture Method
• (vii) It brings a personal contact and touch to impress
or influence the pupils.
• (viii) It provides flexibility.
• (ix) It gives students training in listening.
• (x) It gives training to students in taking notes rapidly.
• (xi) It provides opportunities of correlating events and
subjects.
• (xii) It enables the linkage of previous knowledge with
new one.
10. Demerits of lecture method
• This method has certain limitations, mention of which are as follows:
1. In this method, no place is provided to experimental work as a result of which power of
observation found in the students get stagnate.
2. As through this method, students get ready made information from the teacher, thus they are
not inspired to indulge themselves in independent thinking and self- exploration processes. Thus,
with this method, objective of getting the all round development of the students cannot be
achieved in any way.
3. Generally it is seen that half of the students present in the classroom do not pay any kind of
attention on the information provided by the teacher. Thus, lecture delivered by the teacher
prove to be mere wastage of time and energy and no benefits get accrue to students through this
method.
4. Sometimes students understand the information imparted by teacher for a short period of time,
but as it is provided orally, then forget it after some period of time. Thus, it can be said that
information obtained through such method does not take the permanent position and
possibilities of students forgetting it are more.
5. .This method does not help in any way to inculcate scientific attitudes and training in scientific
method among the students, as a result of which, an important objective of science teaching
cannot be fulfilled successfully and all the efforts of teacher will prove to be wastage of time.
11. When to Use.
• This method should be used by the teacher when the
number of students in the class are more and there is no
proper provision of various scientific materials and
equipments in the school or institution. This method is the
sole alternative in situations where the number of students
in a class is large.
• It also finds utility in the situation where there are limited
number of periods available on the time table to cover the
entire syllabus. However, it can be said that this method is
unsuitable for teaching sciences in primary and high school
classes and should be used by able teachers who can
modify it by mixing it with various practical methods of
teaching.
