How Homerton College of Education, Great Britain, uses television for teacher education. (HB)

This paper reflects on a decade of research, development and practice in the area of microteaching in teacher education. (Author)

Suggests ways of setting up a microteaching programme including equipment and laboratory organization, student timetables and supervising tutors. (Author)

A general look at the development of microteaching for preservice teacher education. (HB)

Reviews the many uses of video tape recordings in science education such as (1) teacher improvement, (2) training prospective science teachers, (3) educational research, (4) testing, (5) supervision of student teachers, and (6) teacher placement. (LC)

Paper presented at the Joint Council of Language Associations Conference at the University of Nottingham, England, December 1971. (DS)

MICROTEACHING IS THE CREATION OF A MINIATURE TEACHING SITUATION UNDER EASILY CONTROLLED CONDITIONS, WITH IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK FOR THE STUDENT TEACHER. ONE HUNDRED FORTY STUDENTS IN SIX METHODS COURSES EACH TEACH A SELF-CONTAINED 4- TO 6-MINUTE LESSON ON A SINGLE, SPECIFIC CONCEPT TO A "CLASS" OF THREE TO FIVE LOCAL STUDENTS AT THE…

Discusses the rationale for minicourses and microteaching and the value of their use in methods courses to help prospective teachers acquire competence in basic teaching skills. (RB)

The use of television, videotape and film in microteaching is discussed. These and other developments in modern technology can be most useful in teacher education if combined with new integrated training systems. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Wilkinson uses the comments of the trainees to evaluate the various elements of a "Stage I" training course on skills for teaching adults. Grainger describes the difficulties encountered in running Stage I courses and how problems have been solved. (CT)

This is a program report on the Metcalf Microteaching Project at Illinois State University, 1969. Microteaching is defined as an act of teaching reduced in terms of the amount of content taught (a single concept, principle, or skill), the number of pupils instructed (three to five), and the time allotted (10 to 15 minutes). A prime benefit of…

The imaginative use of a videotape system can help students understand themselves and communicate with each other. Videotape permits the student to be both performer and part of the audience, either simultaneously through a tape monitor or sequentially through instant playback. Seeing himself objectively can improve the student's self-confidence.…

Highlights the components of the Gannett Teaching Fellowship Program, a summer workshop designed to improve journalism teacher effectiveness. Notes the particular benefits of using videotape materials, slide presentations, and the PLATO computer learning system in journalism education. (RL)

Three nonprofessionals, including those with limited education and advanced age, received training to become effective behavior modification agents (therapists). Each was then individually observed and videotaped in his work with a retarded child. Therapists' performances were not adequate for effecting the desired changes in the childrens'…

This report describes the fifth in a series of studies assessing micro-teaching and video recording in vocational and technical education. The 48 participants were randomly assigned to eight treatment groups which consisted of combinations of the two levels of the three major variables: (1) video feedback or no feedback, (2) teaching four 5-minute…