Skills of Teaching
  “Teaching  skills  are  specific  instructional 
  activities  and  procedures  that  a  teacher 
  may use in his classroom. They are related 
  to the various stages of teaching or in the 
  continuous     flow     of     teacher’s 
  performance” N.L.Gaze
  Activities based on skill: 1)Fixing objectives 
  or goal
  2) Deciding ways to achieve them
  3) Learning experiences to be given
  4) Maxims/principles to be followed
  5) Teaching approaches to be followed
  6) Teaching aids to be used
  7) Time maintenance to each unit/sub-unit
  8) Management of the class room A) Perception and 
  interaction
  B) Diagnosis 
  c) Reaction adopting strategies
  d) Assessing progress/achievement
  • Defined micro-teaching as a system of controlled 
   practice that make it possible to concentrate on 
   specific teaching skills and to practice teaching 
   under controlled situation.(Allen & eve, 1968)
  • Micro-Teaching is a teacher education technique 
   which allows teachers to apply clearly defined 
   teaching skills to carefully prepared lessons in a 
   planned  series of five to ten minutes with a small 
   group of real students offer with an opportunity 
   to observe on video-tape” (Bush,1968)
           Characteristics of Micro teaching
   • Teaching is realistic and not mechanical
   • Objective based (skill development)
   • A strategy for teacher’s training
   • Analytical for particular teaching behaviour
   • A small group teaching
   • A class teaching of five to ten minutes
   • Remedial and motivating
   • Full of diversified actions-Observation, Analysis, 
    Preparation, Practice, Transmission and evaluation
  Three Phases of Micro Teaching-J.C.Cliff
  • Knowledge acquisition phase- Observing, 
   Demonstration of skill, Analysis and Discussion
  • Skill acquisition phase-Preparing Micro lesson, 
   Practice skills, Evaluating performance
  • Skill acquisition phase transfer of skill to actual 
   teaching situation