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Unit-11: Micro Teaching

11.10 Limitations of Micro Teaching Notes

Although micro teaching bound many steps of teaching process but it has some limitations, for
example—
(1) This leads to controlled and compressed learning that is beyond the limits.
(2) This teaching takes off the classroom teaching.
(3) At a time only one teaching skill develops which consequently seems to be difficult to integrate them

later.
(4) It takes more time.

(5) It is difficult for pupil teacher to get feedback soon.
(6) There is adequacy of motivation in order to develop excellence in teaching skill.
(7) It ignores the diagnostic and remedial work.
Due to above limitations a number of modifications and improvements are being made in micro teaching

method. Mini teaching is an example for this.

11.11 Uses of Micro Teaching

In Micro-teaching method learning process is used by taking care of its various aspects.

Principle and practice are integrated in this method. This method is proficient for the excellence of art
of teaching on the basis absolute principle of the step. The uses of micro teaching were explained by
Ramdev Kathuria (1979)—
(1) Micro technology develops commercial maturity.
(2) Due to micro teaching the teaching process becomes completely clear to pupil teacher and they
understood their teaching work.
(3) In micro teaching pupil teaching gains excellence on his teaching skills. Consequently, in the short
time they are able to efficiently use the desired skills.

(4) In micro teaching, pupil teacher gets organized, objective, specific and immediate tasks.

(5) In micro teaching, teaching skills are practised in simple situation instead of complex situations.
(6) In Micro teaching full attention is given to the individual variation of pupil teacher.
(7) Micro teaching is more effective in changing behaviour of pupil teacher.
(8) Integration of theory and practice is possible in micro teaching.
(9) It is done in a situation of simulation then it is possible to get the proper training without get the
actual school.
(10) This method is useful for reducing the rigidity in the behaviour of in-service teacher and bad habits
of teaching.
(11) In the micro-teaching method, it is possible self feedback and criticise own teaching.
(12) It gives a new form to inspection method.
(13) This method inspires teachers for present and future experiment. Teacher tries to become able and
spends more time for continuous study.
At the end we can say that micro teaching is a perfect way to provide training to pupil teacher at
teacher training colleges which is used to produce good teachers. Teachers employed in teacher training
colleges have to explain the correct knowledge and its proper use in order to prove this method viable.

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