Steps in Micro Teaching Cycle

 Micro Teaching Cycle

            The six steps generally involved in micro-teaching cycle are Plan, Teach, Feedback, Re-plan, Re-teach, and Re-feedback. There can be variations as per requirement of the objective of practice session. These steps are represented in the following way:

1. Plan:

            This involves the selection of the topic and related content of such a nature in which the use of components of the core teaching skill under practice may be made easily and conveniently. The topic is analyzed into different activities of the teacher and the pupils. The activities are planned in such a logical sequence where maximum application of the components of a skill is possible.

2. Teach: (6 Minutes).

            This involves the attempts of the teacher trainee to use the components of the teaching skill in suitable situations coming up in the process of teaching-learning as per his/her planning of activities. If the situation is different and not as visualized in the planning of the activities, the teacher should modify his/her behavior as per the demand of the situation in the class. He should have the courage and confidence to handle the situation arising in the class effectively.

3. Feedback: (6 Minutes).

            This term refers to giving information to the teacher trainee about his performance. The information includes the points of strength as well as weakness relating to his/her performance. This helps the teacher trainee to improve upon his/her performance in the desired direction.

4. Re-plan: (12 Minutes).

            The teacher trainee re-plans his lesson incorporating the points of strength and removing the points not skillfully handled during teaching in the previous attempt either on the same topic or on another topic suiting to the teacher trainee for improvement.

5. Re-teach: (6 Minutes).

            This involves teaching to the same group of pupils if the topic is changed, or to a different group of pupils if the topic is the same. This is done to remove boredom or monotony of the pupils. The teacher trainee teaches the class with renewed courage and confidence to perform better than the previous attempt.

6. Re-feedback: (6 Minutes).

         This is the most important component of Micro-teaching for behavior modification of teacher trainee in the desired direction in each and every teaching skill practice.