Microteaching is a teacher training technique that allows trainees to teach short lessons (5-20 minutes) to small groups of students (5-10) to develop their teaching skills. The lessons are videotaped and the trainees receive feedback to improve. It focuses on individual teaching skills like lesson introduction, explanation, questioning, and student engagement. The process involves planning, teaching, receiving feedback, re-planning, and re-teaching lessons to develop core pre-instructional, instructional, and post-instructional skills needed for effective teaching.

1. MICROTEACHING
ASTHA K. PATEL
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Astha K. Patel

2. INTRODUCTION
• The term microteaching was coined for this method of
developing skills in 1963.
• Microteaching is a teacher training technique that help the
teacher trainee to master the teaching skills.
• It requires the teacher trainee :
• To teach single concept of content
• Teach for short time (5-20 minutes)
• Teach very small no. Of students. (5-10)
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3. MEANING
• The short lesson is recorded on an audio or video tape
recorder and trainee gets to hear & see himself
immediately after the lesson.
• The pupils who attained the lesson are asked to fill in
rating questionnaires evaluating the specific aspects of
lesson.
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4. DEFINITION
•Microteaching as a scaled down teaching
encounter in class size & class time. The no.
Of students is from 5-10 & the duration of
period ranges from 5-20 minutes.
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5. CHARACTERISTICS
• Microelements.
• Reduce the complexity of teaching situations in terms of :
• No. Of students to be taught
• Duration of lesson
• It reduce teaching skill & size of topic
• Focused on micro events.
• Microanalysis of the teaching process consists of analyzing the
minute details of teaching
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6. Pre-instructional
skills
• Sequencing &
organizing content
• Appropriate content
• Proper organization
• Selection of A.V.Aids
Instructional skills
• Skills of introducing a
lesson
• Skills of explaining
• Probing question
• Reinforcing pupil
participation
• Diagnosing pupil
difficulties
Post-instructional
skills
• Skills of writing test
• Interpreting pupil’s
performance in a test
• Planning remedial
measures.
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7. PRINCIPLES
• Enforcement – feedback, reteaching makes teaching
perfect
• Practice & drills
• Continuity
• Microscopic supervision
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8. FIVE “R” IN MICROTEACHING
Recordin
g
Reviewin
g
Respondi
ng
Refinin
g
Redoin
g
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9. STEPS OF MICRO TEACHING
Plan
Teach
Feedback
Re-plan
Re-teach
Re-
feedback
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10. PHASE OF MICRO-TEACHING
Knowledge
acquisition phase
•Observation of
analysis
•Discussion of demo.
skills
Skill acquisition
phase
•Preparation of
micro-lesson
•Practicing the skill
while teaching
Transfer phase
•Evaluating
performance
leading to feedback
•Replan, reteach &
transfer of skill to
actual class
teaching in micro-
session
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11. ADVANTAGES
• Real teaching
• Superior performance
• Increased control of tactics
• Help in solving problem
• Effective teaching behavior
• Helps in developing teaching skills
• Different feedback
• Individualized teaching training
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12. DISADVANTAGES
• Limited to lecturing
• Minimum feedback
• Scope is narrow
• Required more skills
• Time consuming
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