This past Friday, I had the opportunity to observe a few peers perform their 20-minute micro-teaching lessons with students from their associates' classes. It was a very educational experience because I learned so much from watching other people's triumphs and mistakes as teachers. Their are so many subtleties in teaching that I never even realized existed prior to this experience. It seems as though it will take a teacher many successes and failures to even begin to perfect the art of teaching because it is so complex. I guess the good news is that we are all on our way with these opportunities to watch ourselves on tape and also watch veteran teachers in our internships/placements.
It was a positive experience to see myself on video for the mini-microteach and I am aiming to improve on a few major faults for the micro-teaching. I hope that by focusing on just a few improvements I will not overwhelm myself with thoughts during my lesson.
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Hello Mr. Campy!
I really enjoyed your post...and you are so right. Both the mini-micro and the micro teaching lessons have been so educational and eye-opening. I agree with you in saying that you had never observed or been aware of the different teaching strategies and the way in which teachers commanded the attention of their students. It is so neat to be placed in this role where we are learning from other students in the same position. We have the opportunity to use others' successes and weaknesses to assess how we want to conduct a classroom of our own.
The comments that you made during my micro teaching on Friday were VERY intuitive. It was so neat to see you (and the rest of our peers) take on the role of assessing the execution of each of our lessons. You made some great points and I could see the "teacher" come out of you!!
Anyways...I wish you luck on your own micro teaching lesson. Trust me, it's over before you even realize it started!!
Sheila
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