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Explain The Nature of Micro Teaching
One of the most significant advancements in the field of teacher education is microteaching. It was created in 1963 at Stanford University. A training technique called microteaching aims to reduce the complexity of the typical teaching process. A scaled-down teaching scenario is presented to the student during a microteaching technique.
Micro-teaching is one of the new techniques that have emerged to change the way that instructors behave. The only purpose for which microteaching has been employed is to train instructors. With this method, the instructor receives feedback on his performance as soon as the assignment is finished. Microteaching is a scaled-down form of instruction where the teacher gives brief, five-minute lessons to a group of 5 to 10 pupils.
Teachers may improve their teaching methods by discovering what has worked, what hasn’t, and what needs to be changed with the use of micro teaching. A scaled-down, simulated teaching experience called microteaching is intended to prepare both pre-service and in-service instructors. Its goal is to provide instructors the chance to safely practise a larger group of teaching techniques while learning how to create straightforward, single-concept lessons in any topic they are instructing. With the aid of microteaching, instructors can enhance their lesson plans and delivery strategies while also honing a variety of teaching techniques, including questioning, the use of simple examples and artefacts to spice up lessons, effective reinforcement strategies, and the introduction and conclusion of lessons.
- According to D. W. Allen, “Micro-teaching is a scaled down teaching encounter in class size and time.”
- According to Allen and Eve, “Micro-teaching is a system of controlled practice that makes it possible to concentrate on specific teaching behaviour and to practice teaching under controlled conditions.”
- According to Encyclopedia of Education, “Micro-teaching is a real, constructed, scaled down teaching encounter which is used for teacher training, curriculum development and research.”
