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Dr. Jayesh Vaghela
MICRO TEACHING
Defects In Present Teaching
More teacher’s talk
Only memory level
More informationLess explanation
Less chance of encouragement
?
Encouraging
How do we facilitate learning?
3
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