Microteaching is important set of teaching skills which deals with specific situations of teaching and learning

1. Specific Skills of
teaching

2. Teaching Skills
Kyriacou (2007) also defines teaching
skills as discrete and coherent
activities by teachers which foster pupil
learning.
Passi (1968) says that a set of
teaching acts or behaviours performed
with an intention to facilitate pupil’s
learning can be called teaching skills.

3. • Teaching skills are purposeful and goal oriented.
• Teaching skills are broad and general like
Communication skills
• Teaching skills are very specific like stimulus
variation.
• Teaching skills are meant to increase the impact of
teachers in teaching and learning.
Characteristics of teaching
skills

4. There are many specific skills
• Microteaching skills are the scale down teaching encounters
• Teaching skill is a set of teacher behaviors which are especially effective in
bringing about the desired changes in pupils.
• Some of the skills of Microteaching techniques are : Skill of Introducing,
Skill of Questioning, Skill of Explaining, Skill of Black-board Writing, and
Skill of Achieving Closure.

5. Specific teaching Skills
• Kyriacou(2007) identified and developed seven sets of essential
teaching skills involved in contributing to successful classroom
practice

6. Skills of teaching
• Planning and preparation
• Lesson presentations
• Lesson management
• Classroom climate
• Discipline
• Assessing pupils’ progress
• Reflection and evaluation