Critical Evaluation of Micro Teaching Session

A critical evaluation of the micro teach
session reflecting on good practice in
teaching, learning and assessment

INTRODUCTION
Micro teaching can be comprehensively referred to as the preparation done by an
educator or a group of educators for the purpose of reviewing the teaching sessions and
enhancing the manner in which a professional carries out the job role linked the
profession of teaching (Ann, 2008). This is done with the help of recording for the
purpose of achieving a sort of constructive feedback from the tutor as well as peers for
what has worked out positively alongside what enhancements need to be carried out in
context of planning, learning and assessment. It is an ongoing advancement which has
been made with respect to the strategies developed for the teaching profession by way
of which in general cycle of conveying could be enhanced. This acts in the form of a
positive as well as modern strategy which can be put to use for the motive of carrying
out the alterations in the domain of conduct of instructors within the bounds of a
classroom.
Education is one of the most important facets that underpins the development
and growth of an economy as a whole (Armitage and et. al., 2013). Micro teaching
sessions go about as a vital experience by way of which theoretical information can be
provided to the individuals who are on their journey to become teachers in future course
of time. The feedback that will be achieved by way of this will enable gaining deeper
insight into enhancements that are duly required to be carried out. The following report
consists of my micro teaching session and the way in which the knowledge I gained
from it can help in shaping myself as a student teacher to become a potential teacher in
future.
MAIN BODY
Micro teaching sessions
My micro teaching session was taken for the purpose of becoming effective and
competent enough to impart knowledge to the students in the Further Education sector
and apply theories of learning and teaching to my own practice. The learning plan was
created in accordance of the topic chosen, which was “Adverbs of time, place and
manner”. This topic led me to consider the following SMART objectives: to explain what
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adverbs are; to identify the basic rules of adverbs and to use adverbs of time, place and
manner correctly in 1-3 different occasions. The intent for conducting the micro teaching
session was to impart as well as deliver knowledge associated with vocabulary and
other important components of the English language. Furthermore, different types of
adverb and their utilisation were talked about in the micro teaching session. In addition
to this, communicative tasks will be conducted and questions associated with
vocabulary will also be raised (Delaney and Cope, 2016).
As per tutor’s comment, my lesson plan has a very good structure and aspects of
differentiation were considered along with a reflection on the inclusivity on my planning.
In my future lesson planning, I will be considering differentiated activities according to
students’ level and plan to use higher level activities to challenge stronger learners. For
effectiveness of my teaching approaches used in my area of specialism in relation to
meeting the individual needs of the learners is to use teaching methods that will
facilitate their learning process. The use of these approaches is depending on the
subject that is delivered, but I will always keep in mind these techniques should focus
on my learners and encourage their active engagement during each lesson instead of
just being a passive listener to what I am teaching. Also, these approaches should be
relevant followed by assessing learning as it goes, known as formative assessment, this
can be simply by observing their action or asking questions.
Every session should have a beginning, middle and an end, so the lesson coheres
harmoniously as learning takes place. The differentiation approach used when starting a
session, aims and objectives should be properly introduced. In this way, the learner will
know what to expect from the lesson, then ask questions to recap what they have
learned from previous lesson and link it to the current session. In my micro teaching, I
have introduced the lesson objectives by asking three nominated learners to read out
loud them for further practice.
According to Gravells, “Differentiating your teaching, learning and assessment
approaches should lead to more confident learners who feel included, are motivated to
learn and are able to achieve” (Gravells 2014, p.76).
In my micro teaching session, I mainly talked about effective ways and strategies
of carrying out teaching so that the learners can gain knowledge of the concept that is
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