مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - PRE-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ MICRO-TEACHING PRACTICES: AN ACTION RESEARCH

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to evaluate and develop the micro teaching method and its procedures that are used for training pre-service science teachers, from action research perspective. Micro teaching is known as a lab method that aims helping teacher candidates to gain teaching experience. It includes video recording of teaching and allows having feedback after watching the video recording to improve teaching. This study took place in a state university in Turkey. During the 2012-2013 academic year, 68 pre-service elementary science teachers who take the Special Teaching Methods 2 course participated in the study. Pre-service teachers were asked to micro teach a science subject, which they can freely choose, from the sixth, seventh or eighth grade science curricula. Their micro teachings were video recorded, and they were asked to micro teach the same subject again. At the end of the semester pre-service teachers were asked to complete a questionnaire including five questions. Data were analyzed by using content analysis methods. We found that whether pre-service teachers watched their own video clip of first micro teaching had a significant effect on their second micro teaching scores.