microteaching & skills
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M.VIJAYALAKSHMIAssistant Professor
MICROTEACHING• Term first coined by
A.W.Dwight Allen of the Standford University in 1963• Training Technique• Innovating method of teaching
SCALING – DOWN TECHNIQUE
• Class is reduced to 5 to 10 pupils• Time is reduced from 30 or 35
minutes to 5-15• Size of the content is reduced• Only one teaching skill is
practiced at a time
DEFINITION • Allen,D.W. (1966)• “Microteaching is a scaled down teaching
encounter in class size and class time”• Passi, B.K. (1976)• “The most important point in
microteaching is that teaching is practiced in terms of definable, observable, measurable and controllable teaching skills”
OBJECTIVES OF MICROTECHING• To lessen the complexities that exist in micro classes• To develop confidence in student-teachers with
adequate motivation • To practice teaching in a short duration of time• To identify the deficiencies of the student-teachers• To give immediate feedback to enable them to
modify their teaching behaviour• To encourage researchers identify new teaching
skills and develop new teaching-training programmes
IMPORTANT FEATURES OF MICROTEACHING
Micro elementTechnical skills of teaching and
teaching strategiesThe feedback elementSafe practice grounds The teaching ‘models’The research laboratory
CHARATERISTICS OF MICROTEACHING
• It is an experiment in the field of teacher education
• Skill training technique and not a teaching technique
• It is a scaled down teaching technique• Provides immediate feedback – peer group
feedback, tape recorded/CCTV recorded version etc
• Advocated the choice and practice of one skill at a time
• Highly individualized training device
MICROTEACHING PROCEDURE
PHASES OF MICROTEACHING
•Observe Demonstration skill•Analyze and Discuss Demonstration
KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION PHASE (PRE-ACTIVE PHASE)
•Prepare Micro lesson •Practice Skill•Provide Feedback
SKILL ACQUISITION PHASE
(INTER-ACTIVE PHASE)
•Transfer of skill to actual Teaching situation
TRANSFER PHASE (POST-ACTIVE
PHASE)
STEPS INVOLVED IN MICROTEACHING
OrientationDiscussion of Teaching SkillsSelection of a particular teaching skillPresentation of model demonstration
lessonObservation of the model lesson and
criticismPreparation of Micro lesson plan
Practice of the Skill as Teach SessionProviding feedback on Feedback
sessionsReplanning/Replan SessionReteaching/Reteach SessionProviding Re-feedback/Refeedback
SessionIntegration of teaching Skills
SOURCES OF FEEDBACK• Oral feedback of the laboratory
supervisor• Questionnaires filled in by the pupils
learning in the micro lesson• Audiotape-recordings• Videotape-recording
PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING MIRO-TEACHING
PRACTICE
REINFORCEMENT
EXPERIMENTATION
EVALUATION
PRECISE SUPERVISION
CONTINUITY
ROLE OF SUPERVISOR
• Developing ability to perform a skill• To understand the application of skill• Working with trainee• Visiting schools• Supervising the lesson• Evaluating the lesson
AIDS AND APPARATUS• Observation schedule (check - list)• Cassette tape-recorder• Video-tape recorder• Close circuit television• A movie film• One-way screen• Two-monitors
MICROTEACHING
PRE-SERVICE
INSERVICE
MERITS OR ADVANTAGES• Easing the complexities of normal classroom teaching• More manageable than classroom teaching• Focuses on particular skills• All observable, demonstrable and quantifiable skills• Conducive and healthy atmosphere• Immediate feedback• Caters to the individual differences• Helps in reducing time and energy• Modification of behaviour and learning of specific
tasks occurs
LIMITATIONS• Costly• Narrow scope• Disturbs existing time-table• Presentation in parts• Difficulty in actual practice• Feedback requires equipments – without that it
cannot be successful• Requires trained, competent teacher educators• Skill-oriented and not have any provisions for
content orientation• Microteaching alone is not sufficient
Comparison between Microteaching and Traditional Teaching
MICROTEACHING TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM TEACHING
1. Relatively simple 1. Complex activity
2. Controlled laboratory situation 2. Uncontrolled actual classroom situation
3. 5 to 10 students 3. 35 to 40 students
4. One skill at a time 4. Several skills at a time
5. 5 to 10 minutes 5. 40 to 50 minutes
6. Immediate feedback 6. No immediate feedback
7. Provision for reteaching 7. No provision for reteaching
8.Gains confidence 8. Tensed and scared
MICROTEACHING SKILLS
• Allen and Ryan – 14 skills• Singh (1970) – 22 skills•Menon, et al (1983) – 74 skills• Dr.B.K.Passi (1975) – 13 skills
Skill of Introduction
Skill of Explaining
Skill of Questioning
Skill of Demonstration
Skill of Reinforcement
Skill of Closure
Skill of Stimulus Variation
Skill of Blackboard
Types of Microteaching Skills
SKILL OF INTRODUCING THE LESSON
Utilization of previous experienceUse of appropriate devices and techniques - Questioning, Narration, Story Telling, Demonstration Using audio-visual aids, Dramatization, Use of examplesMaintenance of continuity in the ideas and
informationRelevancy of verbal or non-verbal behaviour
SKILL OF EXPLAINING OR NARRATION
• DESIRABLE BEHAVIOURSUsing appropriate beginning statementsUsing explaining linksTesting pupil’s understandingUsing appropriate concluding statements
• UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOURSoUsing irrelevant statementsoLack in continuity of statementsoInappropriate vocabularyoVague words and phrases
SKILL OF QUESTIONING
• Skill of types of questions• Sill of asking questions• Skill of probing questions
SKILL OF TYPES OF QUESTIONS
• Lower order questions – answers as such in textbooks• Middle order questions – answers
in own words and sentences• Higher order questions – answers
in the form of application
SKILL OF PROBING QUESTIONS
• Prompting techniques• Seeking further information• Refocusing• Redirection• Increasing critical awareness
• Simplicity• Conciseness• Relevancy• Specificity• Grammatical correctness• Clarity and audibility
SKILL OF BLACKBOARD• Legible Hand Writing• Neatness in Writing• Orderliness in Writing• Variation in Writing• Appropriateness• Adequacy of the Black board work with reference
with content covered• Continuity and Relevancy in Writing• Underline the important points and use of colour
chalk• Use of Charts/Tables/Diagrams/Pictures
SKILL OF DEMONSTRATION• Clear objective• Relevant equipments• Apparatus handling techniques• Techniques in arranging the apparatus • Student participation• Blackboard usage• Giving explanation
• Visibility• Pointing to Details• Focusing Attention• Manipulation of various parts• Clarity of Explanation• Sequencing the Demonstration• Using Precautions
SKILL OF ILLUSTRATING WITH EXAMPLES
• Concrete Examples• Interesting Example• Relevant Examples• Appropriate Media
SKILL OF REINFORCEMENT• DESIRABLE BEHAVIOURS Positive verbal reinforcement Positive Extra-verbal reinforcement Positive non-verbal reinforcement Use of Extra-verbal cues Repeating and rephrasing Writing pupil’s answer
• UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOURSUse of negative verbal reinforcementsNegative non-verbal reinforcementsWrong use of reinforcementsInappropriate use of reinforcement
SKILL OF ACHIEVING CLOSURE
• Revision• Recapitulation• Remarks• Blackboard Summary• Home Assignment
SKILL OF STIMULUS VARIATIONMOVEMENTS
GESTURES
CHANGE IN SPEECH PATTERN
FOCUSING – VERBAL, GESTURAL, VERBAL & GESTURAL
CHANGE IN INTERACTION STYLE - 3
PAUSING
ORAL VISUAL SWITCHING
LINK LESSON• Bridging the gap between
microteaching and macroteaching • Link lesson practice • Integration of all the skills• 20 students, 20 minutes
LINK LESSONPARTICULARS MICRO
TEACHINGLINK PRACTICE MACRO
TEACHING
TIME 5 TO 10 MTS 20 TO 25 MTS 40 TO 45 MTS
CLASS-SIZE 5 TO 10 STUDENTS
20 TO 25 STUDENTS
40 AND ABOVE STUDENTS
NO. OF SKILLS 1 SKILL 3 TO 4 SKILLS ALL THE SKILLS
NO. OF CONCEPTS
ONE TWO OR THREE
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