Background: Future teachers need to observe, interpret and analyse teaching during the initial teacher education period. The use of videoed teaching and learning in teacher education promotes reflection, and analysing videos of teaching is helpful in learning effective classroom practices that prospective teachers mostly do not have the chance to…

A study was conducted with social studies teacher trainees in a southern university to determine if videotaped microteaching produced changes in their self-concepts. The problem under investigation was whether or not student teachers would develop a positive self-image as a result of their videotaped microteaching experiences. Sixty subjects were…