Microteaching was developed by the immortal educationist Dr. Dwight W. Allen and his team at Stanford as a skill development technique, where a particular teaching skill is identified and demonstrated in a simulated environment with peers role-playing as students in a classroom setting. Once the skill is demonstrated, feedback is taken on the skill and it’s re-demonstrated. This cycle of demonstrating the skill and receiving feedback continues until the identified skill has been mastered.
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Skills Of Microteaching
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Blackboard Writing
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Blackboard Skill In Microteaching
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Components Of Skill Of Blackboard Writing
Skills Of Microteaching
There are various skills that can be developed through the microteaching technique. This is done one skill at a time and may include one of the following:
- Introduction skill
- Skill of probing questions
- Skill of explanation
- Skill of stimulus variation
- Skill of blackboard writing
- Skill of achieving closure
The focus of this article will be the black board skill. But before we delve into the details of blackboard skill in microteaching, it’s important to understand the importance of the black board skill.
Blackboard Writing
A blackboard is a powerful visual tool that facilitates effective instruction in the classroom. Proper use of the blackboard not only provides learners with a holistic understanding of a lesson through visual representation, but also aids a teacher in retaining the attention of the classroom.
Blackboard Skill In Microteaching
In the case of the microteaching blackboard skill, a short topic is chosen, ordinarily one that will fully demonstrate the black board skill (for example, types of triangles). A short lesson plan is then made on the topic and it’s taught to a small classroom of peers role-playing as students for a duration of 7-10 minutes. Upon demonstrating the black board skill, feedback is taken from the mock classroom and supervisor and re-demonstrated, incorporating the feedback received. This cycle of feedback and re-teaching continues until the black board skill has been fully mastered.
Blackboard skill in microteaching provides clearness of perception and reinforces what’s being taught via proper visual presentation, through diagrams, notes, calculations or other similar exercises. Blackboard teaching skills in microteaching is made up of eight components. Let’s take a detailed look at each of these components of microteaching blackboard skills.
Components Of Skill Of Blackboard Writing
The skill of blackboard writing adds variety to a lesson and draws the learner’s attention toward the key concepts being taught. To achieve this objective, it’s important to understand and implement each of the skill components of the blackboard skill in microteaching.
S. No. | Component of skill of blackboard writing | Description | Purpose |
1. | Legibility |
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2. | Size And Alignment |
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3. | Highlighting The Main Points |
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4. | Utilization Of Space |
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5. | Blackboard Summary |
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6. | Correctness |
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7. | Position Of A Teacher |
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8. | Eye Contact With Pupils |
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It’s also a best practice to erase the writings on a blackboard once a lesson is complete because doing so keeps it ready for reuse and sets a good example for learners to do so as well.
Conclusion
Microteaching promotes real-time teaching experience and constructive peer-to-peer feedback. It serves as a vehicle for continuous training for both inexperienced and senior teachers.
Proper utilization of blackboard writing in microteaching will draw and retain the learners’ attention, allowing for a better and more holistic comprehension of the subject being taught and its retention. This makes it possible for learners to recall what has been taught.
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