MicroTeaching+Biology

It has been found that the connections between theory and practice are often not made explicit during university teacher training programs (Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 2000; Grossman, 2005), leaving pre-service teachers under-prepared for field experience.

It has been found that connections between theory and practice are often not explicit during teacher training programs. (Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 2000; Grossman, 2005) - How do we prepare for the classroom? How can we get experience about the classroom, outside the classroom setting?

"Microteaching is organized practice teaching. The goal is to give instructors confidence, support, and feedback by letting them try out among friends and colleagues a short slice of what they plan to do with their students. Ideally, microteaching sessions take place before the first day of class, and are videotaped for review individually with an experienced teaching consultant. Microteaching is a quick, efficient, proven, and fun way to help teachers get off to a strong start." (Centre for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University)



Here is a module that will help you in your microteaching preparation.


 * Microteaching Schedule:**

The following students will be assigned MicroTeaching Topics (randomly). Sandeep Bening, Aliya Waheed, Katie Clay, Erion Moci, Ioana Olariu, Rinkal Patel, //Meryl Probst (?)//, Teresa Sanelli, Stephanie Smith, David Kim, Aliya Waheed, Mike Carlson, Saralyn Covent, Megan Clark, Erin Woods, Janny Li, Sylvia DeSouza, Sasha Moldovan (3 groups of six) -


 * Please check out the information provided in the schedule - Homefun section:**
 * groups and times information are given in this page
 * also - assignment information
 * Sept 27th IS Biology**

The following are MicroTeaching Topics:**



The following students will doing Demonstrations - Sign-up for the demonstration will be later in the year. See Demonstration Link Jasmine Chong, Lauren Cluff, Zohara Greenbaum, Samuel Hong, Anu Jain

More Information:
Direct Reflection - (to be included in the final submission of this assignment) - If you wanted a template to hand in your lesson documentation -feel free to use the template provided within the Lesson Planning page.