DE-DAVIDSON GROUPS, AFAHA NSIT

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study The teaching process is generally, regarded as an activity undertaken to bring about learning or desirable change in the behavior of the learners. Thus, learning cannot be said to have taking place it at the end of a lesson, the learners’ behavior is not changed in line with the instruction given. However, the instructional process in school involves systematic approach of imparting knowledge either by oral speech or written language or any way appropriate to the content presented. According the success of the teaching- process depends to a large extent on not only the available of instructional materials but equally teaching methods and their right application. Therefore, it is an incontestable face that the realization of the objectives of any teaching- learning encounter will be an illusion f the methods adopted by teachers area ineffective (Abdulwahab, 2008).     ...

MICRO TEACHING Micro-teaching Introduction: Micro-teaching is one of the most recent innovations in teacher education or training programme which aims at modifying teacher’s behavior according to the specific objectives. It is a process of subjecting samples of human behavior to 5 R’s of video tape- ‘recording’, ‘reviewing’, ‘responding’, ‘refining’, and ‘redoing’. Micro-teaching is a controlled practice that makes it possible to concentrate on teaching behavior in the student-teacher training programme. Definitions of Micro-teaching Micro-teaching has been defined in a number of ways. Some selected definitions are given below: Allen,D.W (1966): Micro-teaching is a scaled down teaching encounter in class size and class time. Allen,D.W. and Eve,A.W. (1968): Micro-teaching is defined as a system of controlled practice that makes it possible to concentrate on specified teaching behavior and to practices teaching under controlled conditions. Bush,R.N (196...