MICRO TEACHING

TEXT

AN INTRODUCTION TO MICRO TEACHING

OBJECTIVES

•   To familiarize prospective teachers about the importance of        micro teaching in  instruction

•   To analyze the different components of micro teaching skills and its applications 

•   To gain self-confidence among prospective teachers by scaling down all   complexities of   actual classroom situation

•   To practice micro teaching to develop core teaching skills for effective classroom  teaching 

•   To make use of the academic potential of the teacher trainee by providing much needed feedback.  

•   To acquire the ability to integrate the micro teaching skills in normal classroom  teaching

MICRO TEACHING :

 A training procedure for teacher preparation

Adopted first at Stanford University, U.S.A. in 1963.

Introduced by Dwight W. Allen & co-workers

Definition

A scaled down teaching encounter in class size and class time”

                                                                                    ~ Dwight W Allen ~

Micro teaching is a training technique which requires a student teacher to teach a single concept using specified teaching skill to a small number of pupils in a short duration of time’                                                                         

                                                                                                                         ~B.K.Passi~  

               Characteristics

It  scaled down the complexities of real teaching with provision of

·         Teaching a small topic

·         Practicing one skill at a time

·         Reducing the class size to 5-10 pupils

·         Reducing the duration of lesson to 5-10 minutes.     

               STEPS in MICROTEACHING

1.       Gaining theoretical knowledge about core teaching skills and micro teaching       

2.      Selection of the specific teaching skill to be practiced

3.      Demonstration of the teaching skill by an expert.

4.      Teacher trainee prepares a micro lesson plan for acquiring the specific skill

5.      Teaching of the lesson plan by the teacher trainee in a simulated set up in the presence of the observers.

6.      Providing immediate feedback to the teacher trainee by the peer observers and supervising teacher with a view to improve the skill

7.      Arrange re-plan, re-teach,  re-feedback sessions.

8.     Repetition of re-plan, re-teach and re-feedback cycle  till the skill is acquired.

MICRO TEACHING CYCLE

MICRO TEACHING TIME DURATION

Teach                                    6 minutes

Feedback                               6 minutes

 Re-plan                                 12 minutes

Re-teach                                6 minutes

Re-feedback                          6 minutes

 Total                                      36 minutes

PHASES OF MICRO TEACHING

1.    Knowledge Acquisition Phase

2.    Skill Acquisition Phase

3.     Transfer Phase

1.      Knowledge Acquisition Phase

                                  Also known as pre-active phase

           In this phase the teacher trainee observes the demonstration of a  specific skill by an expert. The teacher trainee analyses and discuss the demonstration

2.     Skill Acquisition Phase

          Also known as interactive phase

The teacher trainee prepares micro lesson plan for a specific skill. The trainee practices the skill before the peers. Feedback were provided by peer observers and supervising teacher. The cycle continues till the skill is mastered.

3.     Transfer Phase

           Also known as post active phase

This phase involves the transfer of acquired skill into actual classroom situation. 

SUMMARY

Micro teaching as a simulation training technique is trusted  and proved effective in moulding prospective teachers for their future teaching career.

Micro teaching-its rationale of use , origin, definition, cyclic process , phases, steps are discussed simple.