Preparing Teacher Through Micro-Teaching:Introduction And Stimulus Variation Skills
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
The modern age is changing fast. In every field researches and experiments are being done to modify and improve the existing methods and techniques. in the field of education teaching researches are being done resulting into innovations. Educators are trying to make teaching & learning more effective, easier & pleasant. Microteaching is one outcome of such research. Microteaching is describe as ‘‘a scaled down teaching encounter in class-size and class-time’’ (Allen,1966) . Microteaching is defined as a teacher-education technique that allows teacher to apply clearly defined teaching skills to carefully prepared lessons in a planned service of time to ten minutes encounters with a small group by conscious practice of teaching, she / he has a greater chance of practicing &improving upon that skill. The component skills approach emphasizes the acquisition of one skill at a time. This is particularly helpful to the beginners. It makes the task much less complex. The teacher starts understanding the teacher’s skill to be learnt. He begins to recognize behaviours that make up the skills.A skill is a specific behaviour or activity or activity, which requires doing a particular work. The performance of the concerned activity is automatically improved through its learning & practice. Teaching activity involves different skills, which are essential to teach effectively.In this respect the skill of introducing the topic & the skill of stimulus variations play the pivotal role in making the teacher successful in classroom activity.
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Jhuma Kundu
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