METHODS OF TEACHING COMMERCE EFFECTIVELY AT SECONDARY LEVEL OF EDUCATION

Odike, Maryrose N. (2018) METHODS OF TEACHING COMMERCE EFFECTIVELY AT SECONDARY LEVEL OF EDUCATION. In: Emerging Issue in Science and Vocational Education. God's Will Print Enter, pp. 76-91. ISBN 978-2473-32-4

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In teaching any subject effectively, first of all, the teacher should be clear about the general as well as specific objectives of each topic/concepts he wants to teach. This will help the teacher in selecting the appropriate approach and method of teaching the subject. So it is with the. To teach commerce effectively, the teacher has to be thorough with the objectives of teaching commerce at all levels. Commerce is an aspect of pre-vocational business studies taught in the junior secondary schools in Nigeria. It is also one of the commercial subjects taught separately at senior secondary school level. Commerce is defined as trade and aids to trade. Rekha, ( 2014), explained Commerce as being concerned with the exchange of goods, with all that is involved with the buying and selling of goods, at any stage in their progress from raw materials to finished goods in the consumer’s hands. It covers not only functions of buying, selling, and handling of goods, but also the many services which must be provided to finance, insurance, store and transfer of goods in the course of this exchange. Commerce is such a subject that is connected to various other subjects, which include Economics, Mathematics, Marketing, Insurance, Business Management and Geography. Commerce curriculum comprises various subject matters. These include, trade, production, occupation, money and banking, transport, insurance, advertising, communication, and marketing, Introduction to Business management, forms of business, Business law, and consumer protection and so on. For this reason, Commerce is not usually an easy subject to teach very effectively by a commerce teacher alone .This is because the teacher may not be very conversant with all the aspects of Commerce he is expected to teach the students. Beside.

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 20 Sep 2019 12:31
Last Modified: 20 Sep 2019 12:35
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2015

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