MICROTEACHING

Microteaching



Microteaching

Introduction

The paper discusses the microteaching session plan, scheme of work and techniques. It also highlights the communication and motivational techniques to microteaching. Microteaching is a method which involves a small group of instructors who observe each other's teaching method and style. They provide feedback and discuss the strengths of their presentations and the areas of improvement with each other.

Various justifications for the use of mini-teaching are: Facilitate the teaching process. Often can not get a large number of trainees for a period of regular time and so reduce the number of trainees, and only a short period of time which makes the task of training more accessible and easier, may not be possible for trainees to real coach resorts to the use of trainee colleagues to do the real place of the trainees, a type of education representative Simulated Teaching, reduces teaching mini-units of the classroom that raises the dread of new trainees. Teacher trainee may find some embarrassment in a large number of students may not find the same embarrassment in the face of a small number of students for a short period of time, gradient in the teaching process.

Session Plan

The instructors prepare the micro lesson to be addressed by the class comprising of a small group of facilitator and peers. The participants can have their session videotaped for self evaluation or by being evaluated by the facilitator. A structured feedback form enables the peers to suggest a focused feedback which furthers the professional development of the instructor.

The duration of a Microteaching session depends on the number of participants. Microteaching should take place in two separate classrooms where the second room is required for videotape viewing. It is helpful to organize professional videotaping, although this can also be done (taken over) by the participants upon instruction.

The learners are from various ranges of social and economic backgrounds. I will pre assess the learners' needs throughout the course, while planning the micro teaching session. The session on CPR will initiate with an introduction to allow learners to expect and explain the aim of the lesson. To increase the accessibility and support learners to the maximum, I will be suing the visual kinaesthetic and write/read technique. It may also help the learners with literacy and numeracy skilled throughout the session. There will be no formal assessment, and I will be taking verbal feedback. The learners will get the feedback based on my assessment. They may begin with the question answer and feedback session to judge the viability of the lesson. The feedback will involve positive characteristics assessment. It will motivate the learners because the negative feedback may cause low- self image (Allen, 1999).

Scheme of Work

I conducted a session on CPR and the following scheme of work was decided.

Session no.

Objectives

Topic

Resources

differentiation

Assessment

1

Understanding the aim of CPR

Effectiveness of CPR

Handouts

Web links

Pens

Multimedia

Pair work discussion

Visual reinforcement

Quality responses

2

Understanding the CPR approaches teaching in specialist area

Understanding the role microteaching in relation with CPR.

PPT exercises

learner resource web links

Visual reinforcement\one on one support if needed

Level of confidence in participation

3

Demonstrate ...