Peer educators can be a powerful addition to classroom learning environments. Traditionally, the university science teaching model relies on graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) to provide instruction in laboratory class sessions, but there is increasing evidence that undergraduate TAs (UTAs) can fill an equivalent role. A comparison of student…

To substantiate the theoretical efficacy of microteaching with videotaped feedback, 25 student teachers were assigned to a Teaching Techniques Laboratory in which microteaching methods were emphasized. Following completion of the training program, participants and a control group with no laboratory experience received placement in Chicago area…

This book on a rather widely known but less widely applied technique for teacher education is intended both to inform those people who are unfamiliar with microteaching and to caution those who see it as a final answer to teacher training. The first chapter provides a working definition of microteaching; surveys its importance in supervision,…