3.3 The details of group activity with detailed instructions are explained in
the handout on Group Activities for Learning Unit 1.
3.4 To ensure the transferability of learning the ratio between knowledge and
skill is determined at 1:3 and the participants will list important learning
points at the end of the presentation of group activity.
- Reading Material:
4.1 Reading materials along with the tasks and exercises to be completed by
the participants will be supplied.
4.2 Participants may also use Library books and journals.
4.3 This design contains details regarding:
a) How faculty should conduct learning activities and
b) The details of group activities
- Instructions to Faculty
5.1. The basic responsibility of the faculty is to create learning environment
which facilitate the learner to learn. Most participants are expected to be
Non-Commerce graduates, and hence it is crucial that an environment be
created to enable them to grasp the basics of Accounting and Balance Sheets.
5.2. It is neither intended nor possible from a course of this nature that the
participants are made experts in financial management. The objective of this
learning unit as well as the other learning units is to enable the participants to
acquire some minimum skills to read the financial pages and to enable them
to analyze the key issues recorded in the financial records, to take financial
decisions on their own.
5.3. Therefore in this learning unit the Faculty should start on an inspiring note
clearly explaining the objectives.
5.4. The estimated time for this learning unit is 6 hours.
5.5. The first two hours i.e., before the commencement of this learning unit the
faculty :
? Will introduce him/her.
? Initiate an icebreaking and introductory activities for all the participants to
get to know each, and create an environment that is cheerful, friendly,
non-formal and non-hierarchical.
