Investigating how and what prospective teachers learn through microteaching lesson study

Student Teachers‟ Microteaching Experiences in a Preservice English Teacher Education Program

“…The place of microteaching in teacher education programs has been examined for a number of years by researchers in different parts of the globe (Fernandez, 2010;Lu, 2010 Wilkinson, 1996). During the 1960s, microteaching was first introduced in a teacher education program in Stanford University to prepare students and get them ready for their clinical experiences (Cruickshank et al, 1996).…”

“…Since its introduction in the 1960s, the practice of microteaching has rapidly expanded to other teacher education programs. Recently, many pre-service teacher education programs have introduced the microteaching component in order to orient prospective teachers and provide them with practical teaching experiences (Fernandez, 2010;Bell, 2007;Amobi, 2005). The endorsement of microteaching as a tool for learning the art of teaching attracted a number of educators and researchers to investigate its impact on prospective teachers" teaching experiences and how they perceive it as a practical learning tool.…”

“…The study provided evidence that the microteaching component is an effective training tool in teachers" preparation programs. Fernandez (2010) investigated how and what teacher trainees learn about teaching from microteaching lesson study (MLS). The researcher carried out a case study of MLS with 18 student teachers in a course of math teaching methods.…”

“…Researchers recommend searching for and adopting applications and experiences that provide student teachers with opportunities to be involved in exploring pedagogical experiences, self-reflection and critical analysis of teaching (Fernandez, 2010;Putnam & Borko, 2000). Grossman and McDonald (2008) indicated that such opportunities allow student teachers to experiment with aspects of practice and then learn from that experience.…”

The Effect of Microteaching On Pre-Service Chemistry Teachers’ Teaching Experiences

“…According to the data obtained from the study, it was concluded that microteaching was beneficial to pre-service teachers in deepening content and pedagogical content knowledge. Fernandez (2010) conducted a study with pre-service mathematics teachers in a course on learning to teach; she found out that microteaching increased subject matter knowledge and improved the abilities to use different instructional strategies to teach content matter. Mergler and Tangen (2010) examined the effect of using microteaching on pre-service teacher proficiency; it was found out that microteaching has positive effect on proficiency beliefs as to pre-service teachers' teaching knowledge and their readiness to teaching profession.…”