SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2008
INTRODUCTION TO MICRO-TEACHING
Introduction
You know that the economic prosperity and good quality of any nation depends upon the development of human resources of that nation. The significant fact in the development of manpower resource refers to the competencies and the level on which these competencies are imparted. You also know that it largely depends on those who develop these competencies. Therefore, for this purpose we need highly competent teachers for imparting these competencies. It is essential that teachers imparting these competencies should have the capability to perform their task efficiently. For this, they need to acquire requisite competencies themselves.
In the present Unit we will attempt to understand as to what competencies are essential for becoming better teacher and how these competencies can be imparted.

Teaching : Definition
"Teaching means many different things, that teaching act varies from person to person and from situation to situation. " (Bar, 1961)

"The behaviour or activities of persons as they go about doing whatever is required of teachers, particularly those activities which are concerned with the guidance or direction of learning of others." (Ryan, 1965)
"Teaching is the arrangement of contingencies of reinforcement under which students learn. They learn without teaching in their natural environment, but teachers arrange special contingencies which expedite learning and hastening the appearance of behaviour which would otherwise be acquired slowly or making scene of the appearance of behaviour which might otherwise never occur." (B.F. Skinner. 1968)
"Teaching as an act of interpersonal influence aimed at changing the ways in which other persons can or will behave." (N.L. Gage, 1963)

What is a teaching skill ?
Definition of teaching skill might be one of the following :
* A teaching skill is that behaviour of the teacher which facilitates pupils’ learning directly or indirectly.
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