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18 Jul 2023 08:58

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A commerce teacher with a difference

This is a true experience of a commerce teacher, who teaches in a semi urban location in a CBSE school. Given the semi-urban background, the commerce group is often seen as the last resort of many students who fail to get good marks and secure a good seat in a branded engineering college.

The reality is that careers in commerce, particularly those for whom becoming a chartered accountant or cost accountant is very important, is more lucrative than the careers in engineering.

Be that as it may, this experience is an eye-opener on creative teaching methodologies. To teach economics, particularly what is meant by demand and supply, the teacher talked to six mini-supermarkets in the town, and placed the children in these shops for around 80 minutes for three days. There was no supervision, and the students were just told to observe what they saw in the mini supermarkets. After the three days, the students were asked to relate their experiences. The plus one students were so eager to share their experiences. The teacher asked pointed questions as to what commodity got sold so fast and what did not and the teaching became so powerful.

Not to stop here, she asked one of her old students, a qualified Chartered Accountant who came home on a vacation, to narrate his own experiences in the audit company where he was employed. The young boy introduced the concept of income tax, which was unknown to most students.

Today, most students know what is PPF, the post-office schemes, what is Section 80 C of the Income tax Act and so on. Some of these things may not be in the CBSE syllabus, but the actual learning should be done only in this fashion. Today, most parents who have put their children into the commerce stream, keep on praising this teacher day in and day out.

Teachers of her ilk need all encouragement.

#774227

18 Jul 2023 16:19

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It is very good to note that there are very good teachers around who will go the extra mile for the benefit of the student. Such teachers were there and are there and will be there in future also.
Many colleges these days are trying to have tie-up with organisations around and sending some of their students to those organisations to understand what is happening there. In the example given by the author a commerce teacher is doing that in a school. If other teachers also follow such teachers, the students of that school will definitely get benefitted.
Bringing old students to the schools and asking them to explain their experiences to the present students is definitely a very useful exercise and that gives pleasure to the old students and the students who are studying as of now will also get benefitted.

drrao
always confident

#774242

19 Jul 2023 12:00

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A very interesting and praiseworthy account about the teacher. There are some teachers who believe in practical training and in this case by taking the students to the mini supermarket the students get exposed to commercial activities taking place there and then they can correlate them to what they are taught in the classrooms.
Teachers have to take initiative for such practical tips which are very useful for the students. The students also take interest in such activities where they get skill full knowledge about a topic.
In the present scenario where practical learnings are becoming important for getting a job and making a career, such learnings will help the students immensely.

Knowledge is power.

#774244

19 Jul 2023 12:38

Joined:	25/11/2014
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If the school authorities are taking initiatives to make their students familiar with the different practical steps happening inside an organisation, it will certainly help the students to know the exact environment how the different activities inside the organisation is being carried out. However, it is always necessary to put an experienced teacher explaining the different activities of each unit of organisation.
In the induction programme, the students of Engineering Colleges are sent to plant training in batches to know how the plants are functioning in the different shifts with the existing work force. But unless the entire procedure is not explained to them, they cannot make out the chemistry of the operation. Hence to guide the students, it is utmost important to engage a teacher of sufficient experience to Tain the procedures involved in each activity so that within the limited time frame, the apprentices acquire practical skills to carry forward the jobs.

#774252

19 Jul 2023 19:42

Joined:	04/05/2009
Level:	Gold
Points:	31216

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It is a good approach by the teacher. Though a commerce teacher all teachers can follow this methodology in higher secondary schools so as all students can aware the practice followed in banks, post offices etc., As we are seeing many educated people are found difficulty in filling up the challans in banks, finding the right challans, writing money order forms in post offices etc., This would get avoided in future generation. The teachers can explain this on one class with the permission of HM or Principal.
Above all the onus rest with parents first. Many parents finds no time to take their children to banks or post offices as they find no time even to interact with the their own children.
In my childhood our Grand father took us, one by one, to post offices for educating us in writing Money order forms, post cards, stitching (nowadays stapler followed) Acknowledgement Cards when sending Registered posts, Telegram forms ( in those days the method of sending telegram was so popular in vogue). On the other day to banks for educating us to fill up the forms and made us to note the procedure of depositing cash and withdrawing the cash through counters.

A commerce teacher with a difference

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