This short paper attempts to investigate how the FutureLearn Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) blend, integrated into the module Theories, Methods, and Approaches of Language Learning and Teaching on the Master of Arts (MA) in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics at Coventry University, affected Chinese MA students' perceptions of…

Microteaching is a didactic tool of recent application to undergraduate and postgraduate students as a way to promote self-learning. In this work we compared the perceptions of the students who provide instruction in tissue engineering using microteaching and the perceptions of the same students when they receive such instructions. Two similar…

Reactions to a self instructional microteaching course were investigated in a sample of 28 experienced teachers. (JY)

Reviews the underlying assumptions and results of a British project concerned with the transfer and redevelopment of a self-instructional teacher education microcourse developed in the United States. (Author/LS)

This report covers the evaluation of preliminary field testing of a 1-year experimental training program designed to reach a larger number of Head Start teachers and teacher aides at a lower cost but provide an inservice program that was at least as good as an 8-week college program. The program began with a 4-day workshop for 60 teachers and…

This document is a coordinator's handbook written to accompany the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development's "Minicourse 8: Organizing Independent Learning: Primary Level." The minicourse was designed to develop teacher skill in organizing the classroom for independent learning through joint teacher-pupil effort. The…

A demonstrated model for effective instructional skill improvement in the medical clinical sciences is described. A two-year project was funded by the National Fund for Medical Education to design and implement a program to assist house staff in the improvement of clinical instruction. A total of 148 medical residents were surveyed about their…

Reports on some growth points in the use of microteaching techniques. (Editor)

Discusses whether the knowledge gained by a successful transfer of media-based materials for teacher training between two developed countries could be applied to a transfer of innovative learning materials from a developed country to a developing country. The advantages of such a transfer are assessed. Ten references are cited. (Author/CHC)

The overall purpose of the Independent Learning Study was to investigate the effects upon student outcomes of training teachers in the use of an innovative instructional system. The Independent Learning System, based on "Minicourse 15: Organizing Independent Learning--Intermediate Level," was the instructional system studied. "Minicourse 15" is a…

The four-phase project, Toward Individualized Instruction, is a school-university partnership designed to meet the needs of physical educators for relevance during preservice teacher educators and individualized instructional programs. During phase one, students fulfill the following course requirements as they relate to their field base: (a)…

Techniques that practicing pharmacists can use to facilitate student learning in a clinical-preceptorship setting are specified. In addition, signals or clues in the situation that indicate the appropriate mode of teaching are identified and a blueprint for self-instruction in these techniques is provided. (JMD)