VARIOUS RESEARCH ON MICROTEACHING IS BRIEFLY REVIEWED. THE METHOD DEVELOPED AT STANFORD CONSISTS OF THE PRESENTATION OF 5-10 MINUTE VIDEOTAPED LESSON SEGMENTS TO GROUPS OF 4 TO 6 PUPILS. THESE LESSONS WERE EVALUATED BY THE SUPERVISOR AND THE PUPILS AND THEN DISCUSSED BY THE INTERN AND THE SUPERVISOR DURING THE PLAYBACK. THE LESSON WAS IMMEDIATELY…

A seminar is described in which systematic observation techniques were applied to lecturer training to make the supervisory element in microteaching more objective. The system provided a highly structured technique that the lecturers could use to systematise their discussion of microlectures or real lectures, either recorded on tape or live. Three…

A long-term Leverhulme Research Project was established at Stirling University in 1970 to investigate the potential of microteaching as a major ingredient in the preparation of graduate high school teachers in Scotland. Members of the research team developed systematic observation schedules for each of the skills, in order to sharpen the focus of…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE OBSERVATION, PRACTICE, AND CRITICISM PHASES OF PRACTICE TEACHING IN THE LANGUAGE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM, AND TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROPER USE OF VIDEOTAPE IN THE MORE EFFICIENT AND LESS TIME-CONSUMING PERFORMANCE OF THESE ACTIVITIES. AFTER PINPOINTING THE PROBLEM OF…