Self-concepts of teachers and student teachers have been found to predict certain specific teaching behaviors. This study explored these possible relationships in the microteaching setting. Self-Report Inventory and OScAR measures were obtained on 51 students, all secondary teacher candidates. Correctional and ANOVA procedures yielded only a few…

This report describes the implementation of a large-scale program at Brigham Young University to provide for at least one microteaching experience for each of 730 students enrolled in a beginning education course. A definition of microteaching (the creation of a miniature teaching situation under controlled conditions) and the elements which make…

Microteaching (MT) has been used for teacher training in the United States for over ten years with varying amounts of success. This newsletter reviews two experiments in MT that were conducted in Sweden. The first experiment sought to determine whether MT was appropriate for teacher training. Using a factorial design study supplemented by…

MICROTEACHING AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY CONSISTS OF THE PRESENTATION OF A LESSON BY A STUDENT TEACHER TO A MICROCLASS OF THREE TO FIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WHEN THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, THE MICROCLASS IS COMPOSED OF HIS PEERS FROM THE COLLEGE CLASS. THE TRAINEE'S INSTRUCTOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS COLLEGE CLASS, AND THE MICROCLASS…

In a self-confrontation experiment student teachers were put through an extensive test battery containing personality tests, cognitive tests, and attitude tests. An analysis is presented of the influence of personality on the student teachers' perception and evaluation during confrontation with their own video-recorded micro-lessons. Using a…

This study on self-confrontation in teacher training presents the students' repeated assessments of subject-object relations both during the experiment and six weeks and two years after the experiment. For the experiment the student teachers were confronted with their own video-recorded micro-lessons; identification experiences and self-evaluation…

An experiment to determine the suitability of microteaching (MT) to teacher training in Sweden has been conducted since 1970. This newsletter reviews the three phases of that experiment and discusses some of the preliminary results. The experiment has only been evaluated by questionnaire. However, the results showed that: the pupils and classroom…

A factorial design with 48 student teachers (40 were enrolled in the author's Social Studies Curriculum course at the University of California) was used to study the effect of a Social Studies curriculum course, self-confrontation on videotape, videotape-coding practice, and Guided Self-Analysis (GSA) upon the nature of teachers questions, teacher…

This investigation attempted to determine whether pre-service teachers who had been trained through micro-teaching in the skill of using reinforcement could bring about any change in minority youngsters' attitudes about themselves and about school. A panel study was done of twenty-eight pre-service teachers in a team-taught, competency-based…