294 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- Resourcefulness
‘Teacher of Commerce’ should be creative and imaginative in arranging the different
available teaching means according to needs of the class. If there is no availability of any
teaching mean in the school, he can borrow the teaching means, such as Typewriter,
Duplicator, Xerox machine etc. from the community or the guardian of the students.
- Pleasing Personality of Teacher
The Environment teacher should have a pleasing personality. Healthy physique, proper
clothes and impressive way of talking with others, are included in the pleasing personality.
- Humorous Temperament
Jolly mood of the teacher keeps the students active and his humorous temperament
creates the suitable environment in the classroom.
Professional Qualities
- Educational Qualifications
An Environment teacher must have some basic essential academic qualification for
teaching commerce to a particular class. Along with some basic academic qualifications, he
should have some professional qualifications for teaching purposes, i.e., B.Ed, or M.Ed. etc.
A teacher who wants to teach commerce at +2 level, should possess the B.Ed. Degree.
- Knowledge of Subject
Environment teacher should have thorough knowledge of commerce and should have
good mastery so well that his students may get convinced of his teacher’s mastery over
subject easily. It is necessary for being a successful teacher.
- Knowledge of Psychology
Environment teacher should have the knowledge of psychology because it helps the
teacher in understanding the child psychology, individual differences, stages of mental and
physical growth etc.
- Ability of Self Expression
For being a good teacher, the teacher should have the ability of self-expression according
to the class standard and mental level of the students. He should express his views in lucid
language. He should not be too slow, nor unnecessarily high and shrill while teaching the
students. In between his teaching, he should take the help of blackboard to elucidate the
content/topic. The teacher should use following methods:
- Laboratory method
- Project method
- Problem method
- Analytic and Synthetic method
- Socialized Recitation method
- Discussion method
- Supervised study method
- Unit method