ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT NO.1

TOPIC- CHALLENGES FACED BY AN

ECONOMICS TEACHER

NAME- SAKSHI MEHTA

ROLL NO. – 27
CLASS- F.Y.B.Ed
YEAR- 2019-2021

GUIDED BY- DR. MANISHA TYAGI

 INTRODUCTION

Economics, among all social science being taught at the school

level, has been getting increasing attention in recent times from
upper primary to higher secondary stages. In India, it continues to
be an important elective subject for higher secondary /
intermediate students for more than eight decades. Economics is
important to both students and society at large because it cuts
across all spheres of human endeavor. All over the world the
importance of economics as a nation building and nation
development cannot be overemphasized.
Economic is a very important subject per se. Its importance lies in
the scope of economics in day to day life. The scope of economic
education needs to be given more recognition from school
education onwards. This would make the students to get involved
in economic affairs since beginning.
The challenges faced by economics teachers are as follows:

1.LACK OF INTEREST:

One of the challenges faced by an economics teachers is

the lack of interest on the part of the students. "The level of
a person's interest has repeatedly been found to be a
powerful influence on learning". Interest influences an
individual’s attention, goals , as well as levels of learning
and it also affects what we choose to learn, and how well
we learn this information. Lack of interest can be caused
by difficultly concentrating, family problems, emotional
difficulties, learning disabilities, and many other factors.
Sometimes it’s just plain boredom – not everything is
about fun all the time.

2. MINIMAL LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF

STUDENTS:

Another challenge faced by the economics teachers is

minimal level of knowledge of the students. Differences in
prior economic education pose challenges to the teachers
in higher education as they have to decide which
knowledge of economics the students have. This is
important for preparing the lessons.
3. POOR READING CULTURE:

Poor reading culture is one of the worst challenges faced

by economics teacher. Reading culture refers to habitual
and regular reading of books and information materials.
Reading is an indispensable tool of learning in the various
hierarchies of modern educational system. Students
nowadays are not well read. They do not read magazines,
journals, newspapers related to economics quiet often.
They have poor reading culture. To overcome this
challenge is very essential for the economics teachers.

4. INNOVATION IN TEACHING CONTENT:

It is important for teachers of Economics to break away

from the shackles of traditional teaching methods and take
bold steps towards making the teaching of Economics
more interesting and alive for the students. s. It is evident
that the traditional method is responsible for students
being bored or not taking interest in the dynamic subject.
Economics teacher can use a number of innovative
methods such as co-operative learning, case studies,
problem solving methods, project method, media, games
and simulations, peer tutoring and brainstorming to make
learning of economics interesting. It is necessary for the
Economics teacher to use innovative methods and
techniques for increasing economic literacy and for
improving economic perspective among the students of
economics.

5. HIGH STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO

High student teacher ratio is another challenge faced by

an economics teacher. Sometimes the number of students
in a class are a lot to be handled by one single lecturer. It
becomes difficult for the teacher to cater to all the students
at once. It becomes difficult for the teacher to identify the
different types of learners. The effectiveness of teaching of
the teacher is affected.

6. LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHERS:

Lack of knowledge of the teacher is the biggest challenge

faced by an economics teacher. Knowledge is power.
There is a saying that a teacher is only as good as what
they know. If a teacher lacks knowledge in a subject, that
dearth of understanding is passed along to the students.
Professional teacher having sound knowledge is the most
vital prerequisite for a good qualified teacher. Teacher
subject knowledge has a modest impact on student
performance.
7. TIME CONSTRAINT:

Time constraint is another challenge faced by an

economics teacher. Economics is a vast subject and
there’s no end to what students can learn. Teachers have
to complete their syllabus in the given period of time along
with various activities. Teachers focus more on completing
their syllabus and less on conducting activities and
discussions due to time constraints. Making effective use
of time is essential for an economics teacher.

8. INSUFFICIENT CONTENT IN TEXTBOOKS:

Textbooks brought out by both government and private

agencies are the major instructional materials for
economics teachers. They are the only sources of learning
for economics students. They determine the quality of
economics education. The content provide in textbooks
are very limited and insufficient. It becomes difficult for
students to relate it to daily life. Also, the textbooks lack
practical aspect and focus only on theoretical aspect.
Thus, this is another challenge faced by an economics
teacher.
 OVERCOMING THESE CHALLENGES

 Students need to be encouraged to analyse day to

day economic activities such as price trends through
simple analytical tools like graphs etc.

 To simulate markets, banking, industries etc. in the

classroom by making students functionaries of
particular sectors.

 Under project work students should visit different

places of economic activities such as banks,
industries and other places.

 Students should be encouraged to read newspapers,

magazines or journals in the classroom itself.

 Different activities and games should be conducted in

the classroom to make the subject more interesting.

 Various teaching aids such as presentations,

flipcharts, audio-visual aids, etc. should be
incorporated in teaching.

 Different cooperative learning strategies can be used

in the classroom. For eg. Jigsaw Technique, Think-
Pair and Share, etc.
 CONCLUSION

We are living in a complex world which is faced with

enormous economic challenges. The purpose of economic
education is to create responsible citizens and effective
decision makers. The importance of economic education
goes far beyond the goal of improving an understanding of
the basic principles of supply and demand and the
workings of the economy. Economics can be taught by
generating new knowledge with the help of exposing
students to real-life learning environments and
experiences. Teaching economics in this twenty-first
century requires teachers to implement effective
technology-integrated teaching. Teachers should try to
overcome these challenges faced by them. Overcoming
these challenges will help in improving the efficiency as
well as the effectiveness of the teacher.