Observational learning is an extremely efficient, rapid training technique for the acquisition of complex behavior patterns in social situation. A modified observational learning (MOL) procedure was developed combining both modeling and microteaching techniques, with the observer serving as the model. The more similar the observer is to the model,…

DESCRIBED IS THE USE OF MICRO-TEACHING IN THE STANFORD TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM. SECTION 1 BRIEFLY INTRODUCES AND PROVIDES A SCHEDULE FOR THE 1967 MICRO-TEACHING CLINIC. SECTIONS 2 AND 3 PROVIDE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE 1965 AND 1966 SUMMER MICRO-TEACHING CLINICS RESPECTIVELY. INCLUDED ARE DISCUSSIONS OF (1) BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON MICRO-TEACHING,…

THE STANFORD SCHOOL OF EDUCATION HAS BEEN USING PORTABLE VIDEO TAPE RECORDING SYSTEMS FOR A VARIETY OF NEW INSTRUCTIONAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES. DURING PRESERVICE TRAINING, TEACHER-INTERNS USE SPECIFIC SKILLS TO GIVE SHORT LESSONS WHICH ARE VIDEOTAPED AND REVIEWED IMMEDIATELY WITH A SUPERVISOR. TEACHER-INTERNS ARE LATER VIDEOTAPED UNOBTRUSIVELY IN…

This study was designed to assess the effects of three treatment levels involving micro-teaching with video-tape playback and strategy analyses on the teaching strategies selected by secondary science teaching methods students. Three groups of ten students each were randomly assigned to three treatment levels. All subjects taught a pre-treatment…

This innovative, individualized program at Madonna College is based on a systems approach to learning. The primary objective of this program is providing the students with specific competency goals and helping them to acquire these goals. The most important component of the program is a selected list of critical competencies based upon a model of…

Discusses weaknesses in the present training curriculum for foreign language teachers in Germany. Discusses in some detail "interaction analysis" and "microteaching." Concludes with suggestions as to how research findings can be introduced into teacher-training seminars. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Research Reviews present the current thought in microteaching with implications for teacher education programs. (SN)

Discusses whether the knowledge gained by a successful transfer of media-based materials for teacher training between two developed countries could be applied to a transfer of innovative learning materials from a developed country to a developing country. The advantages of such a transfer are assessed. Ten references are cited. (Author/CHC)

Reviews 200+ studies on microteaching. Argues that the use of microteaching in pre- and inservice education leads to positive and long-term effects in the acquisition of verbal and non-verbal behaviorial patterns, integration of learning into individual behavioral repertoire, and in the transfer into professional teaching practice. (CAJ)

An outline and discussion of a 2-week microteaching program is presented. First, background information is given on the type of students in the program at the Institute of Education in London. These students are presumed to know and to have used foreign language teaching skills. Secondly, the eight sessions are discussed. These sessions include…

Describes a training program for teachers of French at the Institut de Cooperation Pedagogique in Rabat, Morocco. The format was open-ended and emphasized the importance of feedback. Two sample minilessons are presented. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Although a review of the literature on competency-based teacher education (CBTE) reveals little or no reference to microteaching's contribution, microteaching was a precursor of CBTE and had a direct influence in its acceptance and development. A review of CBTE's essential characteristics and a comparison with microteaching shows that…