• Dr.Rinu V Antony

In this competitive global scenario, the task of education is not only to edify people with the knowledge or transmit information to students; but to nurture diverse imagination moves, techno pedagogical skills, information communication skills, desirable attitudes, skills and competencies to capacitate learners in the changed global milieu. Commerce education should stress on imparting practical skills that nurtures entrepreneurial values and attitude among the students so that they are motivated to be enterprising. The investigator used simple descriptive survey using interview protocol with focus domains as (a) regnant pedagogical transaction modes of learning commerce at Higher Secondary School level (b) Obstructions and challenges confronted in the process of chiseling the pedagogic modalities by stakeholders of education (c) designing alternate dimensionalities as an offshoot for conceptualization of entrepreneurial skills and social competence. This was employed for a select sample of 100 teachers selected at random handling commerce. The study reveals that educators should move away from text and implement a curriculum that involve more hands on, out of the box activities that spur creative thinking and true entrepreneurial learning. The study aided the investigator to gain an insight into the varied dimensions required for vitalizing instructive environment for teachers and students alike to interact effectively with the instructional content

Entrepreneurial skills, social competence, creative thinking, interview protocol

"A STUDY ON PEDAGOGICAL INITIATIVES IN COMMERCE TEACHING FOCUSING ON ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.170-175, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902221.pdf

"A STUDY ON PEDAGOGICAL INITIATIVES IN COMMERCE TEACHING FOCUSING ON ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp170-175, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902221.pdf