MICROTEACHING THEORIES

a teacher training technique aiming to prepare teacher candidates to the real classroom setting (Brent & Thomson, 1996). it can also defined as a teaching technique especially used in teachers' pre-service education to train them systematically by allowing them to experiment main teacher behaviors.

• Microteaching

• Micro-skill

• Classroom Setting

• Classroom Observation

Steps in Microteaching

• Teach-Plan-Teach-Feedback-Reteach-Re-plan-Re-feedback

• Plan-Teach-re-plan-feedback-reteach-re-feedback

• Plan-Teach-Feedback-re-plan-reteach- re-feedback

• Plan-teach-feedback-re-feedback-reteach-re-plan

the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or pattern of behavior, especially by encouragement or reward.

• Punishment

• Questioning

• Probing

• Reinforcement

good, right, excellent, well

done, fine, carry on, go ahead are ....

• Non-Verbal Positive Reinforcement

• Verbal Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Verbal Reinforcement

• Negative Non verbal Reinforcement

Teacher uses gestures or some other behaviors to reinforce pupils learning. Nodding of the head, smiling, patting, friendly look etc. are examples. Writing pupils answers on the blackboard for others to watch also can be an effective reinforcement.

• Verbal Positive Reinforcement

• Verbal Negative Reinforcement

• Non-Verbal Positive Reinforcement

• Non Verbal Negative Reinforcement

It is wrong, incorrect, No , you are out of the topic are ....

• Verbal Positive Reinforcement

• Verbal Negative Reinforcement

• Non-Verbal Positive Reinforcement

• Non Verbal Negative Reinforcement

Disapproval without using words- Gestures such

as frowning, staring, looking angrily, shaking the head are......

• Verbal Positive Reinforcement

• Verbal Negative Reinforcement

• Non-Verbal Positive Reinforcement

• Non Verbal Negative Reinforcement

1. Legibility of handwriting,

2. Neatness in the blackboard work and

3. Appropriateness

• Skill of using Black Board

• The Skill Reinforcement

• The Skill of Stimulus Variation

• Skill of probing questions

Beginning statement, clarity, fluency, Use of link words, Planned Repetition, Stimulating Questions, Concluding statement are....

• Skills of Reinforcement

• Skills of using whiteboard

• Skills of Explanation

• Skills of Questioning

Teacher Movement, Teacher gesture, Change in sensory focus, Change in patterns, Physical pupil Patterns, Verbal Pupil pattern, Oral verbal Switching are....

• Skills of Reinforcement

• Skills of stimulus variation

• Skills of Explanation

• Skills of Questioning