MICRO TEACHING
Dr. S. THANGARAJATHI
Assistant Professor
Department of Educational
Technology
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore -641 046.
INTRODUCTION
Micro teaching
A method of teacher training/ teaching technique, .
Simplifies the complex teaching process so that
the student-teacher can cope with it.
Scaled Down Teaching Encounter
Teaching reduced in Class size, Concept, time and
number of pupils.
General Teaching Skills- Allen &
Ryan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Stimulus Variation
Set induction
Closure
Silence and non-verbal
cues
Reinforcement of
student participation
Fluency in asking
questions
Probing questions
8. Higher order questions
9. Divergent questions
10. Recognizing attending
behavior
11. Illustrating and use of
examples
12. Lecturing
13. Planned repetition
14. Completeness of
Communication
Micro Teaching Process
Class size reduced to about 5-10
pupils.
Length of the lesson reduced to about
5-10 minutes.
Focus one teaching skill at a time; and
not on the content of the lesson.
Components of Micro Teaching
The teacher trainee
Students [5-10]
Observers [2]
Supervisor [Teacher Educator - 1]
Micro Teaching Cycle
1. PLAN
6. RE-FEEDBACK
5. RE-TEACH
2. TEACH
3. FEEDBACK
4. RE-PLAN
I. Planning
Selection of a particular skill
Presentation of a model
demonstration lesson- a particular
skill
Observation of the model lesson
Criticism of the model lesson
Preparation of the micro lesson plan
II. TEACHING
OBSERVATION OF TEACHING SKILL
Peer/college Supervisors
Ratings based on frequencies
Can be recorded in a tape recorder or on a
videotape
Coding Proforma Skill of Stimulus Variation
Component
s
Teacher
Movement
Teacher
Gestures
Change in
Speech
Patterns
Shifting
Sensory
Focus
Pause
Others
(Specify)
1st
minute
2nd
minute
30 30 30 30
sec sec sec sec
3rd
minute
4th
minute
5th
minute
6th
minute
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III. Feedback
Individual feedback to student
teachers.
Include the tallies and ratings on
observation schedule
Interpretation about the performance.
Microteaching Setting
1. Time
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Teach
Feedback
Re-Plan
Re-Teach
Re-Feedback
No. of student teachers in a
group
3. Supervisor(s)
2.
4.
6 Minutes
6 Minutes
12 Minutes
6 Minutes
6 Minutes
36 Minutes
10
1 or 2
Feedback by the peer supervisor(s)
Teaching Skills - by B.K.Passi
1. Writing instructional
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
objectives
Introducing a lesson
Fluency in questioning
Probing questions
Explaining
Illustrating with
examples
Stimulus Variation
8. Silence and non-verbal
cues.
9. Reinforcement
10. Increasing pupil
participation
11. Using black-board
12. Achieving closure
13. Recognising attending
behaviour
TEACHING SKILLS
PLANNING STAGE
INTRODUCTORY STAGE
PRESENTATION STAGE
CLOSING STAGE
Writing instructional objectives
Organizing the content
Introducing the lesson
Presentation skills
Questioning skills
Aid using skills
Management skills
Achieving closure
Giving assignments
Evaluating the pupils progress
Diagnosing pupil learning
difficulties and taking remedial
measures
Major Skills of Microteaching
practiced in Teacher Training
Institutions
Skill of Introducing a Lesson
Skill of Explaining
Skill of Stimulus Variation
Skill of Questioning
Skill of Reinforcement
Skill of Illustration
Skill of Black Board Writing
Skill of achieving closure
Skill of Introducing a Lesson
Linking with past experiences
link between introduction and main
parts
Use of appropriate devices/ techniques
like questioning, examples, etc.
Skill of Explaining
Using beginning and concluding statement
Using explaining links
Questions to test students understanding
Questions followed by correct responses
Skill of questioning
I keep six honest serving
men,
They taught me all I know
Their names are
what
why
when
how
where &
who
Skill of Questioning
Questions
Introductory or
preliminary questions
Developing
Questions
Recaptulatory questions
Evaluating or Testing
Questions
Skill of Questioning
Levels of questions
Lower Order Level
Middle Order Level
Higher Order Level
SKILL OF REINFORCEMENT
Positive Verbal
Good, Fair, Excellent
Positive Non verbal
Smiling, nodding the head,
Reinforcement
reinforcement
Negative Verbal
Negative Non verbal
clapping, asking the students
to clap
No, Wrong, stop it
Beating, raising the eyebrows
Skill of Stimulus Variation
Teacher movement
Teacher gestures
Change in voice
Focusing
Change in the interaction pattern
Pausing
Students physical participation
Aural visual switching
SKILL OF ILLUSTRATION
Formulating simple examples
Formulating interesting examples
Formulating relevant examples
Linking examples with day- to-day life
Skill of Black Board Writing
I.
Legibility of Handwriting
- Adequate spacing between two letters
- Adequate spacing between two words
- The size of the letter is large enough to be read from the
far
end of the room
- The Size of the capital letter is just bigger than the small
letter
- All the capital letters are same size
- All the small letters are of the same size
II. Neatness in blackboard
writing
The words and sentences written are
parallel to the base of the blackboard
Adequate spacing between the lines
Retention of relevant matter on the
blackboard
III. Appropriateness of Written work
on
the Blackboard
Continuity in the points
Brief and simple points
Underlining the important points
Use of color chalk pieces
Diagrams drawn
Simple, large,clear and proportionate
size diagrams
Skill of Achieving Closure
Questions and statements by the teacher related to the
consolidation of the major points covered during the lesson
Opportunities provided by the teacher to the pupils for linking
the present knowledge with the past knowledge.
Opportunities provided by the teacher to the pupils for
applying the knowledge gained during the lesson to the new
situations.
Opportunities provided by the teacher to the pupils for linking
the present knowledge with the pupils future learning
INTEGRATION OF SKILLS
Bridge the gap between micro
teaching and macro teaching
Micro teaching ---- Link Lesson --- Macro teaching
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