B.Ed. (Full Time) Pedagogy of School Subject Commerce Syllabus - Mumbai University

Objectives

• To understand the basic concepts associated with academic disciplines
• To understand place of different disciplines in the school curriculum
• To comprehend the meaning of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary learning
• To understand different approaches in interdisciplinary learning
• To develop an understanding of the meaning and nature of Commerce Education
• To develop an understanding of the aims and objectives in the teaching of Commerce
• To integrate values in the teaching of Commerce
• To establish relationship of Commerce with other subjects
• To apply the maxims and principles in the teaching of Commerce
• To use various learning resource in the teaching of Commerce
• To implement the various methods of teaching Commerce in the classroom
• To develop an insight about role, challenges and professional development of a Commerce teacher
• To analyse the contribution of personalities and institutions in Commerce Education
• To keep abreast of the current trends in the teaching of Commerce.

Module 1: Fundamentals of Commerce Education 2 credits

Unit 1: Basics of Academic Disciplines

• a) Meaning of academic disciplines, Relationship between academic disciplines and Commerce
• b) Classification of academic disciplines: Becher -Biglan typology ( pure-hard, pure soft, applied-hard, applied-soft types) with emphasis on nature of knowledge in each type.
• c) Place of Humanities and Social Sciences – Commerce in the present Higher Secondary curriculum.

Unit 2: Understanding Commerce Education and Curriculum

• a) Commerce Education in India, meaning and nature of Commerce education
• b) Aims and objectives of teaching Commerce at Higher Secondary level( as per NCF 2005)
• c) Values of teaching Commerce- global citizenship, practical, social, cultural, and vocational

Unit 3: Essentials of Teaching Commerce and Curriculum Transaction

• a) Maxims of Teaching Commerce:
• • -Particular to General
• • -Known to Unknown
• • -Concrete to Abstract
• • -Analysis to synthesis
• • -Near to Far
• b) Importance of correlation in Commerce Education, Intra and Inter correlation of Commerce with Mathematics, Economics, Language and Geography
• c) Principles of Commerce teaching- Flexibility, Activity, Individual difference, Learner centeredness, Community centeredness

Module 2: Transacting Commerce Curriculum 2 credits

Unit 4: Learning Resources

• a) Commerce Club (Organization, significance, Activities), Field visit (Bank, Multinational company, Stock exchange and Industries) : objectives , organization and significance
• b) Textbook – Characteristics and Critical analysis
• c) Use of ICT in the teaching of Commerce : Computer assisted learning, Social networking, Discussion forum, MOOCs, ICT tools

Unit 5: Methods of Teaching (Meaning, Procedure, Merits and Demerits)

• a) Project, Problem Solving , Case study, Survey
• b) Seminar, Workshop, Discussion , Co-operative learning ( Jigsaw, Think-pair- share, Round table)
• c) Innovative trends in Commerce teaching -7 E’s of Constructivism and Blended learning (Flex model, Rotation model, A La Carte model, Enriched virtual model): concept, procedure and advantages

Unit 6: Professional Development of Teacher

• a) Multifarious role and challenges faced by a Commerce teacher
• b) Need and Avenues of Continuous Professional Development
• c) Diagnostic and Remedial teaching

Module 3: Internal Assessment 2 credits

• Suggested tasks: (Any One)
• a) Visit to any one of the following: Bank, industry, stock exchange, market or any place of commercial importance and write a report (Planning, Organization, Learning experiences, Reflection)
• b) Prepare a pedagogical analysis plan for any one selected unit of any one subject of std XI or XII of Commerce
• c) Prepare and execute a lesson plan for teaching any topic of any one subject of std XI or XII of Commerce by using any one of the following: Blended learning approach, constructivist approach
• d) Study and compare the Commerce education at higher secondary level in India with any other developed country.
• e) Select any contemporary issue related to Commerce field and present a paper using Seminar method.

References

• Commerce Education Mohammed Sharif Khan Sterling Publishers Pvt Ltd-New Delhi
• Teaching of Commerce-A Practical Approach J.C AggarwalVikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd- New Delhi
• Method and Techniques of Teaching Commerce Singh M.N Young Man & Co. New Delhi.
• Teaching of Commerce SeemaRaoAnmol Publication, New Delhi.
• Methodology of Commerce Education Dr. Umesh Mr. Ajay RanaTandon Publications- Ludhiana
• Teaching of Commerce Dr. R.P Singh VinayRakhejaC/o R. Lall Book Depot- Meerut.
• Teaching of Commerce in Our School Lulla B.P, BTTC-BIE Publication, Bombay)
• Teaching of Commerce. G.S. Karthik, Sumit Enterprises, New Delhi.
• Commerce Education in the New Millennium, I.V. Trivedi, RBSA Publishers, Jaipur.
• Teaching of Commerce.VintyMonga, Twenty First Century Publications, Patiala.
• Teaching of Commerce.Rainu Gupta, Shipra Publications, Delhi.
• Computer assisted learning:
• What is Computer Aided Learning (CAL)? - Study Net www.studynet1.herts.ac.uk/ptl/common/LTDU.nsf/Teaching.../whatiscal.pdf
• What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Computer Assisted ... www.preservearticles.com/.../what-are-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-compute...
• Using MOOCs to transform traditional training - We.ConectGlobal .
• Models | Blended Learning Universe www.blendedlearning.org/models/
• Blended Learning Models - Reading Horizons www.readinghorizons.com/blended- learning/models
• Social networking http://chronicle.com/article/How-Social-Networking-Helps/123654 http://wcsit.org/pub/2012/vol.2.no.1/The%20Use%20of%20Social%20Networking%20i n%20Education%20Challenges%20and%20Opportunities.pdf