Microteaching
1. Introduction
Why
microteaching?
Medical teachers most often do not
receive a special training in pedagogic techniques, as it is usually not
considered necessary for their recruitment or for an efficient continued
performance. Their ability to teach therefore largely depends on self training,
either by trial and error while teaching or by observation of colleagues, who
may or may not be helpful examples.
Getting in front of students is a trying experience for a budding teacher. One may earnestly try to prepare him or herself: read books about teaching methods, attend lectures and take courses on didactics. Yet, in theory everything seems much simpler than in practice. The complexity of a teaching situation can be overwhelming. To deal effectively with it, teachers must not only have a good knowledge of the subject in hand, but also some communication skills such as ability to observe, supervise, lead a discussion and pose questions. Furthermore, a teacher should be aware of how students perceive him or her. This perception is sometimes quite different from the teacher's self-image. It is difficult to self assess one’s own abilities and we benefit from colleagues’ feed back to recognize our strength and identify areas for possible improvement.
Evaluation of teaching by students is becoming a common practice, and a constructive feedback could be an effective way to improve one's rating as a teacher. Even the experienced educators may sometimes reflect about strengths and weaknesses of their teaching style.
Getting in front of students is a trying experience for a budding teacher. One may earnestly try to prepare him or herself: read books about teaching methods, attend lectures and take courses on didactics. Yet, in theory everything seems much simpler than in practice. The complexity of a teaching situation can be overwhelming. To deal effectively with it, teachers must not only have a good knowledge of the subject in hand, but also some communication skills such as ability to observe, supervise, lead a discussion and pose questions. Furthermore, a teacher should be aware of how students perceive him or her. This perception is sometimes quite different from the teacher's self-image. It is difficult to self assess one’s own abilities and we benefit from colleagues’ feed back to recognize our strength and identify areas for possible improvement.
Evaluation of teaching by students is becoming a common practice, and a constructive feedback could be an effective way to improve one's rating as a teacher. Even the experienced educators may sometimes reflect about strengths and weaknesses of their teaching style.
What
is microteaching?
Microteaching is an excellent way to
build up skills and confidence, to experience a range of lecturing/tutoring
styles and to learn and practice giving constructive feedback. Microteaching
gives instructors an opportunity to safely put themselves “under the
microscope” of a small group audience, but also to observe and comment on other
people's performances.
History of micro teaching
The history of microteaching goes
back to the early and mid 1960's, when Dwight Allen and his colleagues from the
Stanford University developed a training program aimed to improve verbal and
nonverbal aspects of teacher's speech and general performance. The Stanford
model consisted of a three-step (teach, review and reflect, re-teach) approach
using actual students as an authentic audience. The model was first applied to
teaching science, but later it was introduced to language teaching. A very
similar model called Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) was developed in
Canada during the early 1970's as a training support program for college and
institute faculty. Both models were designed to enhance teaching and promote
open collegial discussion about teaching performance.
advantages.
1.It focuses
on sharpening and developing specific teaching skills and eliminating errors.
2. It
enables understanding of behaviors important in classroom teaching.
3. It
increases the confidence of the learner teacher.
4.It is a
vehicle of continuous training applicable at all stages not only to teachers at
the beginning of their career but also for more senior teachers.
5.It enables
projection of model instructional skills.
6. It
provides expert supervision and a constructive feed back .
7. It
provides for repeated practice without adverse consequences to the teacher or
his students
8. It has
skilled supervision
9. It gives
constructive feed back
10. It has
the component skills approach
DISADVANTAGES
OF Micro teaching
It is a
passive process of learning by imitation.
Time
Consuming .
There is
always the possibility of a bad role models.
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