Microteaching as a Method to Enhance Prospective Teachers Teaching Skills
1. Microteaching as a Method to
Enhance Prospective Teachers’
Teaching Skills
H.M.Nalini Dhammika Kumari
Senior Lecturer
Gampaha. LK
2. Figure 1. An Action-Reflection Cycle (Whitehead & McNiff, 2006)
3. Table 1: Prospective teachers teaching practice marks before
the intervention
No Lesson plan Using teaching
techniques
Presentation and
explanation
Classroom
management
Assessment Total
5 lessons
average marks
5 lessons
average marks
5 lessons
average marks
5 lessons
average marks
5 lessons
average marks
Total average
A 8 6 8 9 8 39
B 8 7 7 7 7 36
C 9 7 6 8 8 38
D 6 6 7 8 8 35
E 10 8 7 8 10 43
F 9 9 7 7 11 43
G 9 6 8 7 9 39
H 8 9 7 6 8 38
I 11 8 8 8 9 44
J 10 8 8 8 7 41
4. Table 2: Prospective teachers teaching practice marks before
and after the intervention
No Lesson plan Using teaching
aides
Presentation and
explanation
Classroom
management
Assessment Total
5 lessons average
marks
5 lessons average
marks
5 lessons average
marks
5 lessons average
marks
5 lessons average
marks
Total average
Pre-test Post-
test
Pre-test Post-
test
Pre-test Post-
test
Pre-test Post-
test
Pre-test Post-
test
Pre-test Post-
test
A 8 14 6 16 8 15 9 16 8 18 39 79
B 8 13 7 15 7 13 7 16 7 17 36 74
C 9 14 7 13 6 12 8 13 8 15 38 67
D 6 15 6 16 7 17 8 15 8 18 35 81
E 10 16 8 15 7 17 8 16 10 16 43 80
F 9 14 9 16 7 14 7 14 11 14 43 72
G 9 16 6 17 8 16 7 16 9 18 39 83
H 8 16 9 16 7 15 6 14 8 18 38 79
I 11 15 8 16 8 17 8 15 9 19 44 82
J 10 15 8 17 8 17 8 12 7 17 41 78
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Figure 2. Prospective teachers teaching practice marks before and
after the intervention
Total average Pre-test
Total average Post-test
