1.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT

2.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
 Term coined by Dwight Allen of Stanford University
in 1963
 Used for training of secondary school teachers
 In India, D.D.Tiwari take up this work in 1967
 In 1974 at Technical Teachers Training Institute,
Chandigarh started this concept for training by Dr.
N.L.Dosajh.
 In 1976 it has been introduced as a part of student
teacher training

3.
CONCEPT OF MT
 MT provides teachers with a practice setting for instruction
in which the normal complexities of a classroom are
reduced and in which the teacher receives a great deal of
feedback on his/ her performance.
 According to Bush MT is “teacher education technique
which allows teachers to apply well defined teaching skills
to a carefully prepared lesson in a planned series of five to
ten minutes, encounters with a small group of real
classroom students, often with an opportunity to observe
the performance on video-tape.”

4.
 According to Jangira & Ajit Singh- “ Micro-teaching is
a training setting for the student teacher where the
complexities of a normal classroom teaching are
reduced by:
* Practicing one component skill at a time,
* Limiting the content to a single concept,
* Reducing the size to 5-10 pupils
* Reducing the duration of the lesson to 5-10
minutes.”

5.
ASSUMPTIONS OF MT
 Real teaching
 Reducing complexities
 Focus on training
 Increased control of practice
 Expanding knowledge of results

6.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MT AND
TRADITIONAL TEACHING
 Simple versus complex teaching
 Providing feedback
 Size of class
 Duration
 Pattern of classroom interaction
 Practising skills
 Role of supervisor
 Awareness
 Score

7.
MT CYCLE
PLAN
TEACH
DISCUSS
&
FEEDBACK
REFEEDBACK
RETEACH REPLAN
REDISCUSS

8.
 Defining the skill
 Demonstrating the skills
 Planning the lesson
 Teaching the lesson
 Discussion
 Replanning
 Reteaching
 Rediscussion
 Repeating the cycle

9.
MT PROCEDURE
 Knowledge acquisition phase
* to observe demonstration skills
* to analyze and discuss demonstration
Skill acquisition phase
* to prepare micro lesson
* to practice teaching skill
* to evaluate the performance
Transfer phase

10.
INDIAN MT CYCLE
 Teach 6 minutes
 Feedback 6 minutes
 Replan 12 minutes
 Reteach 6 minutes
 Refeedback 6 minutes
Total 36 minutes

11.
PRINCIPLES OF MT
 Principle of practice
 Principle of reinforcement
 Principle of experimentation
 Principle of evaluation
 Principle of precise supervision
 Principle of continuity

12.
ADVANTAGES
 Modification of teacher behaviour
 Knowledge of teaching skills
 Developing teaching skills
 Developing teaching efficiency
 Improving teaching practice
 Individualised training
 Regulating teaching practice
 Real teaching
 Reducing complexities
 Focus on teaching
 Continuous reinforcement

13.
LIMITATIONS
 Costly
 Narrow scope
 Disturbs existing time table
 Presentation in parts
 Difficulty in actually practice