It's a teacher training technique which is used to teach a small topic to a limited number of students for a short period of time.

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MICRO TEACHING - CONCEPT AND PHASES OF CYCLE
Microteaching, a teacher training technique currently practiced worldwide, provides
teachers an opportunity to perk up their teaching skills by improving the various simple tasks called
teaching skills. It helps to promote real-time teaching experiences. The core skills of microteaching such
as presentation and reinforcement skills help the novice teachers to learn the art of teaching at ease and to
the maximum extent. The impact of this technique has been widely seen in various forms of education.
Microteaching is a teaching scaled-down in content of the lesson, size of the class and duration of teaching.
The process of teaching of teaching is broken down into its components. A teacher teaches a small topic to
a small group of students for a short period. It has been used worldwide since its invention at Stanford
University in the late 1950s by Dwight W. Allen, Robert Bush, and Kim Romney.
CHARACTERISTCS
 It is a training technique.
 The trainee gets role models in teaching.
 It offers safe practice ground.
 It simplifies the complexities of regular teaching.
 Class strength is between 5 to 10 pupils.
 Class duration is 5 to 10 minutes.
 Subject matter to be taught is small.
 It focuses on only one teaching skill at a time.
 It gives instant feedback.
 It is practical.
 It makes teachers aware of various teaching skills.
 It facilitates attainment of teaching skills one by one.
OBJECTIVES
 To improve the quality of teaching of the trainees.

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 To help the trainees attain teaching skills.
 To enable trainees to master teaching skills.
 To give proper guidance to trainees as how to teach well.
MICRO TEACHING CYCLE
STEPS IN MICROTEACHING
1. Defining the skill
2. Demonstration of the skill by teacher educator or by showing video film
3. Lesson planning by the teacher trainee
4. Teaching by the trainee
5. Feedback
6. Re-planning the lesson by the trainee
7. Re-teaching by the trainee
8. Re-feedback
This cycle is to be repeated till the trainee masters the skill.
ADVANTAGES
 It helps teachers improve teaching performance.
 It develops teacher’s confidence.
 It proceeds from simple to complex.
 It gives ready feedback.
 It facilitates attainment of teaching skills.
PLAN TEACH FEEDBACK
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RE-PLANRE-TEACHRE-FEEDBACK

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 It modifies teacher behaviour.
 It is useful for both pre-service and in-service teachers.
LIMITATIONS
 It requires competent teacher trainers.
 It doesn’t guarantee success in teaching.
 It makes teaching process rigid.
 Strict scheduling of time affects creativity of teachers.
 Teaching is not the totality of isolated teaching skills.