PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING (COMMERCE)

 

MY PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING (COMMERCE)

I believe that any teacher who is expected to transact the curriculum of a subject to his students has first to develop a thorough understanding and meaningful insights regarding all aspects concerning that subject. A subject is accepted as a unique discipline for study because it conveys specific meanings and also possesses important characteristics which in turn lead to worthwhile functions to be served for the benefit of the society. The subject can be dealt with, in such a way as to fulfill the demands posed by the nature, scope and importance of the discipline, only if the teacher understands and appreciates these. This is very true of Commerce also. Commerce education is directly concerned with the day to day life of the students. The main purpose of commerce education is to provide knowledge about the commerce and to prepare the student for vocational competency including training and development of skill.

Commerce education is useful for the students to understand the various aspects of changing of the ownership of goods and to know about the various aids which facilitate the central process of exchange. Commerce education is aimed at giving adequate knowledge about the wholesale trade, retail, export trade, import trade and entire-port trade. More-over it provides some knowledge about the movement of goods etc., Transport, Communication Insurance, Ware-housing, Money, Banking & Finance and Mercantile Agencies.

 

The main purpose of teaching Accountancy is to make the students understand the importance of book keeping its need and accuracy, neatness, orderliness, responsibility, honesty etc. This helps the students to know how to prepare and interprets simple financial statements and reports. It aids the students can understanding the posting of business transactions in the various forms of Accounts books such as journal, ledger, and other subsidiaries books etc. The commerce education helps the students to draw conclusion about the financial position of the organizations.

 

Many technical, industrial, and scientific developments are taking place. As these developments goes on the demand for efficient office workers will increase rapidly. More and more employment opportunities will be available at the executive and supervisory level as well as at the lower level Commerce education provides proper training for executives and supervisory and lower level workers. The college programmes of commerce education will provide education for lower level such as typist, stenographers, book-keepers, file clerks, cashier etc. Division of labour and specialization leads every country not to be a self-sufficient one. Therefore, many commercial transactions are carried out between one country and another. So the Foreign trade becomes inevitable, under such circumstances the importance of Foreign trade for the development of every country is imminent. In order to carry on the foreign trade effectively commerce education is an essential one. Commerce education provides knowledge about foreign trade, foreign exchange etc. It provides efficient supervisory personnel and the other able hands at lower level to assist the top executives. It also plays a vital role in the modern economic development. Thus, it is very important at the higher secondary level.

Commerce is a dynamic process that brings together technology, natural resources and human initiatives in a constantly changing global environment. Hence, commerce education has undergone a tremendous change in the wake of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation. Computerized systems are fast replacing other systems.

E-commerce and other related concepts, therefore, have been introduced as part of the   higher secondary curriculum. It helps students to appreciate that commerce is an integral component of society and also to develop an understanding of many social and ethical issues.

 

With the fast-changing economic scenario and business environment the commercial world is in a state of continuous flux. In tune with circumstance, commerce education has carved out a place for itself at the higher secondary and higher education stage. Its curriculum content should give students firm foundations in basic accounting principles and business studies to keep them abreast with the changes in its methodology concerning particular aspects of the subject. This would help to develop among students’ traits such as logical reasoning, careful analysis.

Many technical, industrial, and scientific developments are taking place. As these developments goes on the demand for efficient office workers will increase rapidly. More and more employment opportunities will be available at the executive and supervisory level as well as at the lower level Commerce education provides proper training for executives and supervisory and lower level workers. The college programmes of commerce education will provide education for lower level such as typist, stenographers, book-keepers, file clerks, cashier etc. Division of labour and specialization leads every country not to be a self-sufficient one. Therefore, many commercial transactions are carried out between one country and another. So the Foreign trade becomes inevitable, under such circumstances the importance of Foreign trade for the development of every country is imminent. In order to carry on the foreign trade effectively commerce education is an essential one. Commerce education provides knowledge about foreign trade, foreign exchange etc. It provides efficient supervisory personnel and the other able hands at lower level to assist the top executives. It also plays a vital role in the modern economic development. Thus, it is very important at the higher secondary level.