Assesses the overall impact of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign microteaching model as perceived by secondary teacher candidates. Reports that teacher candidates found the model effective for improving their understanding of the different teacher- and learner-centered teaching techniques. (MM)

This article describes the peer and self assessment procedure implemented in the secondary methods classes at Central Michigan University. Students use a data-based assessment instrument to assess videotaped micro-peer-teaching presentations made by themselves and other students. (IAH)

Micro-peer teaching is an important step in preservice teacher education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. A three-lesson sequence used in a secondary methods course for physical education teachers is outlined. (PP)

Findings are reported from an investigation which assessed the extent to which the supervisory style used by secondary education preservice teacher supervisors during microteaching lessons contributed to the preservice teachers' understanding of various teacher-centered and student-centered teaching strategies. (IAH)

This study collected data over three years from a project where preservice administrators provided feedback to preservice teachers on their microteaching while practicing their supervision skills. Results suggested that the project helped preservice teachers shift their perceptions of teaching and facilitated the transition into teaching. (SM)

A gap exists between talk about teaching that is featured in most preservice teacher education and the working knowledge and problem-solving expertise that characterize skilled teaching. This gap exists because typical teacher training does not embody the principles of modeling, coaching, scaffolding, articulation, and reflection. Three methods…

As part of a series of studies assessing micro-teaching and video recording in vocational and technical education, this study was designed as a field test of those techniques in inservice vocational teacher education. The two techniques were tested at three sites in New York State and involved the collection of data in terms of teacher…

Describes how hypermedia technology is being used in content methods courses in Vanderbilt University's elementary teacher education program to achieve improvements in preservice teacher education. Evaluation data indicate that use of video examples in the mathematics methods courses influenced the way preservice teachers taught mathematics.…

This study examined the characteristics of graduate education students enrolled in an advanced methods class and their response to a micro-teaching approach. Conducted over 5 years beginning in 1987, the study involved 112 graduates micro-teaching 12 model lessons in groups of 4, in 10 academic areas of the curriculum. Participants were tested at…

To determine whether the use of 8mm sound film recordings facilitated the process of self-inquiry and increased self-perception, this study compared results of two sections of a methods course in the teaching of secondary school English in which an experimental section developed and analyzed 5-minute sound film recordings. Each experimental…

Analyzes students' evaluations of teaching instruction in a social studies methods course when the course was taught in an active instructional approach as opposed to a passive approach. Finds that the students rated the instructor of the active course higher on the instructor's ability to promote understanding of course topics and overall…

Open discussion and a Likert-type scale (Characteristics of Effective Teaching) were used with 38 graduate students enrolled in an advanced methods class in secondary school subjects, to determine their perceptions of the characteristics of effective teaching and whether teaching is an art or a science. A survey completed at the beginning of the…