The advantages of using a videotape recorder in university level education methods courses are outlined. (DE)

A discription is given of how the "miniteaching" format of instruction in teacher education improves and extends the microteaching concept. (JD)

A study determined whether videotaping preservice teachers' instruction lessons in early literacy methods courses was valuable to them in assessing their teaching and how best to develop a video portfolio for assessment purposes. Subjects, 10 kindergarten through fourth grade preservice teachers enrolled in three consecutive methods courses,…

Students in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria have their student teaching performance assessed through the use of video-recorded micro-teaching situations. Three sources of video-teaching situations are used in the training of student teachers: (1) while teaching specific high school subjects; (2) senior teachers in their high…

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of three feedback procedures by determining the relationship between the feedback procecures and the development of competence in establishing set by the teacher-trainees as indicated by the group mean gain scores on the "Hernandez-Klingstedt Establishing Set Rating Form." The feedback…

Three case histories are presented demonstrating the use of microteaching in teacher education programs. (JD)

Reviews theories related to learning which takes place as a result of micro-teaching. One school of thought stresses skill definition, modelling, and feedback; a conflicting approach stresses behavior modification. (AV)

This summative evaluation of Teacher Corps' training programs assesses the overall effectiveness of the training in terms of changes in intern teaching behavior. Five behaviors changed in frequency significantly and support is provided for the use of modeling, feedback, practice and reinforcement to influence teacher behavior. (BT)

This article describes an innovation, based on an inquiry-oriented approach to student teacher supervision, in the primary teacher education program at St. George Institute of Education. This approach emphasizes learning to teach rather than evaluation. Third year students acted as supervisors-teachers to first year students engaged in…

Described are how invitations to inquiry have been used in presentations to effectively demonstrate and explain the notion of inquiry and its role in science teaching and how they can be used in teacher education. An initial segment of an invitation to inquiry script and a list of topics that have been used as invitations to inquiry are included.…

Explains how to use microteaching in an effective way to have students in methods classes plan, teach, and evaluate a lesson presented to a small group of their peers. (PR)

Utilizes the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) "invitations to inquiry" in teacher training in analyzing a lesson's objectives and in microteaching. (LS)

Procedures are described which were used in a short microteaching period in a Postgraduate Certificate in Education Program in the United Kingdom. In this program, a tutor works with groups of 15 students who have already had at least 2 years of teaching experience. The program of 7 days is divided as follows: (1) all 15 students teach one lesson,…