2. WHAT IS MICRO –TEACHING?
Micro-teaching is a scaled down sample of
teaching in which a teacher teaches a small
unit to a small group of 5 to 10 pupils for a
small period of 5 to 10 minutes.
3. DEFINITION OF MICRO-TEACHING
Micro teaching is defined as “a scaled down
teaching encounter in a class size and class
time”.it is also defined as “a teacher training
procedure which reduces the teaching
situation to simpler and more controlled
encounter achieved by limiting the practice
teaching to a specific skill and reducing
teaching time and class size”.
4. OBJECTIVES OF MICRO-
TEACHING
1. To enable teacher-trainees to learn and
assimilate new teaching skills under
controlled conditions.
2. To enable teacher-trainees to gain
confidence in teaching, and to master a
number of skills by dealing with a small of
pupils.
5. CHARACTERISTICS OF MICRO-
TEACHING
1. It is a scaled down teaching.
2. It is less complex than regular teaching.
3. It involves fewer numbers if students,
usually 5 to 10.
4. It’s duration is short – about 5 to 10
minutes.
6. STEPS IN MICRO-TEACHING
1. Defining the skills to be developed in terms of
specific teaching behaviour.
2. Demonstration of the skill by the teacher
educator by taking a lesson.
3. Based on the model, preparation of a lesson plan
by the teacher trainee, for a suitable topic, which
calls for the skill anticipated.
4. Teaching of the lesson by the teacher trainee in a
stimulated set up, in the presence of observer.
7. 5. Providing of immediate feed-back to the teacher
trainee by the observers with a view to help him
improve the skill.
6. Arranging re-planning, re-teaching and re-
feedback sessions.
7. Repetition of ‘plan, teach, feedback, re-planning,
re-teaching and re-feedback’ cycle till the skill is
acquired.
9. MICRO-TEACHING PROCEDURE
• Micro-teaching procedure involves three phases.They are:
1. Knowledge acquisition phase : Observing the
demonstration of the skill and analysing it and discussing
about the demonstration.
2. Skill acquisition phase : Preparing the micro lesson
involving the skill and practicing the skill while teaching.
3. Transfer phase : Evaluating performance through
feedback, re-plan, re-teach and transfer of skill to actual
class teaching in macro sessions.
10. ADVANTAGES OF MICRO-TEACHING
• Micro-teaching is flexible and adaptable to different needs and
purposes. It has many advantages as listed below:
1. Teacher-trainees trained through micro-teaching are found to
perform better than those trained by traditional method.
2. It employs real teaching for the purpose of developing skills.
3. It helps accomplish specific teacher competencies.
4. The teaching practice gains a higher degree of organisation
because factors such as time, number of students, etc. could be
controlled.
11. 5. It helps gain deeper knowledge due to feedback and re-plan, re-
teach cycles.
6. It is more effective in modifying teacher behavior.
7. It helps in developing important teaching skills such as
questioning, reinforcement of student participation, etc.
8. It is an effective technique for transfer of teaching competencies
to class room.
9. It provides many opportunities to trainees to build up desired
patterns of behavior in a non-threatening set up.
12. LIMITATIONS OF MICRO-TEACHING
1. It is skill oriented; content is not emphasised.
2. It emphasises specific skills; but neglects integrated skills.
3. It covers only a few specific skills.
4. It may raise administrative problems while arranging micro
lessons.
