Dr. Jayesh Vaghela

MICRO TEACHING

Defects In Present Teaching

More teacher’s talk

Only memory level

More informationLess explanation

Less chance of encouragement

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Encouraging

How do we facilitate learning?

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Effectively introducing

Creating interest

Discussing

Active

participation

Illustrating ?

? Ideal Reading

Asking right questions

History & Definition

Stanford University, USA in 1963 ⇒ Experimental project on Identification of teaching skills ⇒ Dr. Bush Allen and his team

India ⇒ all the teacher training programs of developing teaching skills and competencies among teacher trainees.

Definition:

o“A system of controlled practice that makes it possible to concentrate on Specified Teaching Behavior and to practice teaching under controlled conditions”

- D.W. Allen & A. W. Eve (1968)

The teaching of a small unit of content,

To the small group of students (6-10 number),

In a small amount of time (5-10 min)

So called because it is analogous to putting the teacher under a microscope

while he is teaching,

So that all faults in teaching methodology are brought into perspective

for the observers to give a constructive feedback

Concept of Micro Teaching

A teacher training technique which helps the teacher trainee to master the teaching skills

It requires the teacher trainee

To teach a single concept of content

Using a specified teaching skill

For a short time

To a very small member of pupils

Objectives of Microteaching

To enable the teacher trainee –

To learn and assimilate new teaching skills

under controlled conditions

To master a number of teaching skills

To gain confidence in teaching

2. Skill of Probing Questions

2. Skill of Probing Questions

1. Set induction(Introduction Skill)

1. Set induction(Introduction Skill)

3. Skill of Explanation

3. Skill of Explanation

4. Skill of Stimulus Variation

4. Skill of Stimulus Variation

5. Skill of Black-board Writing

5. Skill of Black-board Writing

Skills of Micro Teaching

6. Skill of Achieving Closure

Planning

MicroTeaching

Cycle

Teaching

Feedback

Re-planning

Re-Teaching

Re-Feedback

Advantages of Micro Teaching

It focuses on sharpening and developing specific teaching skills and eliminating errors

It enables understanding of behaviors important in class-room teaching

It increases the confidence of the learner teacher

It employs real teaching situation for developing skills

It provides experts supervision and constructive feedback

Summary

Microteaching involves presentation of micro lesson

Audience….small group of peers.

Participants learn about strengths & weakness in

themselves as teachers

Plan strategies for improvement in performance