Reflective practice has become an integral component in teacher education. Many studies have investigated the development of a teacher's reflective practice, but less attention has been paid to novice L2 teacher trainees' development of reflective practice. Similarly, little is known about their concerns, interest, and needs, as they manifest in…

This handbook, developed for use in a microteaching laboratory, presents information on: (l) the history of microteaching; (2) research supporting microteaching; (3) advantages of microteaching; (4) teaching skill clusters (response repertoire, questioning skills, creating student involvement, increasing student participation, presentation…

It was hypothesized that 1) prospective teachers who have been trained in microplanning will score higher on tests of teacher effectiveness and 2) will not change their attitudes about pupils and teaching in an undesirable direction. Subjects were 20 secondary school social studies majors, 10 who volunteered to take an experimental teacher…