1. MICRO TEACHING Dr. Neela V. Bhuptani Professor & Head
Department of Dermatology
PDU Govt. Medical college & Hospital
Rajkot

2. What is Teaching?

4. Teaching is not passing information to the students.
Teaching is not sharing one’s own experience.

5. The best approach to understanding the nature of teaching is establishing a harmonious relationship between teacher, student and subject.
Teaching is the activity of facilitating learning.

6. Effectiveness in teaching does not relate to teacher’s age, sex, and teaching experience.
TEACHING is an ART

7. Defects in Teaching More Teacher’s talk Only memory level
More information & less explanation:
Less chance of encouragement
No planning

8. What is Learning?
Change in behavior brought about by activity, training or experiences.
Learning never ends.
Anyone who stops learning is old.

9. How learning happens?
Learning happens and knowledge is generated in an environment where interaction between teachers, students and content takes place in interactive ways.

10. How learning happens? We remember .. 20% of what we hear;
30% of what we see;
50% of what we see and hear;
90% of what we see, hear & do.

11. How are we teaching?
Observation
Trial and error

12. “TO ERR IS HUMAN; TO ADMIT ERROR IS
SUPERHUMAN”

13. Microteaching
Dr. Allen and his group evolved innovative technique of teacher’s education -Microteaching in 1963 in America.
It is NOT AT ALL a teaching
method.
It is a skill training technique.

14. Aim
Microteaching is called so as it is like putting the teacher under a microscope

15. Methodology
A short lesson is taught by the trainee teachers to a group of four to six pupils or his peers for a period of five to ten minutes.
The emphasis is HOW TO TEACH than what to teach.
The main idea is to get a feedback on the skills practiced.

16. Methodology
Step- I : Micro Lesson Plan ( may take 2 hours / a day) Step-II : Teach Step-III : Feedback Session Step-IV : Re-plan Step-V : Re-teach Another group Step-VI : Re-feedback

17. Characteristics of Microteaching
The duration of teaching as well as number of students are less.
The content is divided into smaller units which makes the teaching easier.
Only one teaching skill is considered at a time.
There is a provision of immediate feedback.
There is facility of re-planning, re-teaching and re-evaluation.
It puts the teacher under the microscope.
All the faults of the teacher are observed.
The problem of discipline can also be controlled.

18. Skills practiced Introduction Skill Skill of Probing Questions
Skill of Explanation
Skill of Stimulus Variation
Skill of Black-board Writing
Skill of Achieving Closure

19. 1-Introduction Skill Preliminary Attention Gaining
Use of previous knowledge
Use of Appropriate Device
Link with new topic

20. 2-Skill of Probing Question
Prompting
Seeking Further Information
Refocussing
Redirecting Questions

21. 3-Skill of Explanation Clear beginning statement:
Lack of Irrelevant Statement
Fluency in Language
Connecting Links
Use of Proper Words

22. 4-Skill of Stimulus Variation
Body Movement
Gestures
Change in Voice
Focussing
Eye-contact and eye-movement
Pausing

23. 5-Skill of Black-board Writing
Legibility ( Easy to read )
Size and alignment ( In a straight line )
Highlighting main points
Utilization of the space
Blackboard summary
Correctness
Position of the teacher and
Contact with the pupils

24. 6-Skill of Achieving Closure
The lesson/period remains ineffective in the absence of proper closure.

25. Feedback in Micro teaching
The success of micro teaching depends on feedback.
Can be used within the process of teaching as well as after the lesson taught.
It is used in various forms by the supervisor.

26. Advantages Of Microteaching
Sharpen the teaching skills
Eliminate gross errors
Build up confidence
Understanding behaviors required in classroom teaching
It is a continuous training programme and so also trains the senior teachers
It provides expert supervision and constructive feedback
There is no adverse consequence on the teacher or the student while learning

27. SUMMARY Microteaching involves presentation of micro lesson
Audience….small group of peers.
Feedback given by peers role playing as students
Participants learn about strengths & weakness in themselves as teachers
Plan strategies for improvement in performance

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