LEARNING SKILLS THROUGH MICROTEACHING AND ITS IMPACT ON TEACHING COMPETENCE - AN EXERIMENTAL STUDY

Authors

  • Mohd Amin Dar Assistant Professor, Faculty of education University of Kashmir, J & K.

Keywords:

Microteaching, teaching competence, Set-Induction, Explaining, Probing Questions, Stimulus Variation, Reinforcement

Abstract

The study aimed to find the impact of Microteaching technique on the teaching competence of pupil teachers in using the skills of set-induction, explaining, probing questions, stimulus variation and reinforcement. The study was conducted by using one-group Pretest-Posttest experimental design. Teaching behavior of the pupil teachers before they entered the experiment was assessed by pretests and at the end of the treatment the pupil teachers were given posttests. The sample for the study consisted of 120 pupil teachers selected through random sampling technique from Department of Education, University of Kashmir Srinagar enrolled for the B.Ed programme, session 2012-2013.The general teaching competence scale by Passi and Lallita was used as the tool for the present study. Results based on statistical analysis of scores in the pre-test and posttests showed that the teacher trainees differed significantly in using the above mentioned five core teaching skills.

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Published

2015-11-30

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 12 (2015): NOVEMBER 2015

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