Micro Teaching
Micro Teaching
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.
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Stimulus Variation
Set induction
Closure
Silence and non-verbal
cues
Reinforcement of
student participation
Fluency in asking
questions
Probing questions
6. RE-FEEDBACK
5. RE-TEACH
2. TEACH
3. FEEDBACK
4. RE-PLAN
I. Planning
Selection of a particular skill
Presentation of a model
II. TEACHING
OBSERVATION OF TEACHING SKILL
Peer/college Supervisors
Ratings based on frequencies
Can be recorded in a tape recorder or on a
videotape
Teacher
Movement
Teacher
Gestures
Change in
Speech
Patterns
Shifting
Sensory
Focus
Pause
Others
(Specify)
1st
minute
2nd
minute
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3rd
minute
4th
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5th
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6th
minute
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III. Feedback
Individual feedback to student
teachers.
Microteaching Setting
1. Time
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e.
Teach
Feedback
Re-Plan
Re-Teach
Re-Feedback
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12 Minutes
6 Minutes
6 Minutes
36 Minutes
10
1 or 2
objectives
Introducing a lesson
Fluency in questioning
Probing questions
Explaining
Illustrating with
examples
Stimulus Variation
TEACHING SKILLS
PLANNING STAGE
INTRODUCTORY STAGE
PRESENTATION STAGE
CLOSING STAGE
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
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
SKILL OF REINFORCEMENT
Positive Verbal
Reinforcement
reinforcement
Negative Verbal
Negative Non verbal
SKILL OF ILLUSTRATION
Formulating simple examples
Formulating interesting examples
Formulating relevant examples
Linking examples with day- to-day life
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
the Blackboard
INTEGRATION OF SKILLS
Bridge the gap between micro
teaching and macro teaching
THANK YOU