Learning Effective Teaching through Microteaching - Case Study

Abstract

Microteaching, a popular teacher training technique, allows teachers to improve their teaching skills by focusing on a variety of minor tasks known as teaching skills. At General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University in Sri Lanka used as a case study microteaching, with its demonstrated success among novices and seniors, promotes real-time teaching experiences were witnessed. The key abilities of microteaching, such as presentation and reinforcement, assist rookie teachers in learning the art of teaching with ease and to the greatest extent possible. This technique's impact has been widely observed in numerous forms of education such as health sciences, life sciences, and other fields and the case study was done for Engineering faculty. The University Grant Commission of Sri Lanka forthcoming changes in university curricula and the function of university teachers anticipate the need for this training of teachers and monitoring of their abilities for their sustained efficient performance at any age. Microteaching's reported shortcomings can be mitigated by deploying it at the departmental level in numerous sequences. The author conducted a case study with respect to literature on research and review articles in major educational databases, journals, and books. Books were also reviewed using the reference list of published articles. This study provides an overview of the many stages of microteaching, as well as basic teaching skills, implementation issues, and the impact of microteaching on university education.