Mini-Micro vs. Micro

Some of you may agree with me on this: I felt much more relaxed during my micro-teaching than I did during my mini-micro teach. How about you? I believe there are two factors that can explain this. For my mini-micro-teach I chose to do “How To Jump Start Your Car” because I myself had no idea how to, and wanted to learn. Although I did the research, I feel like I did not have a sufficient amount of knowledge regarding this topic. This in turn led to nervousness as I was frightened someone in our group would tell me I’m wrong. I’m thankful to all of you for not going that to me! I believe I will feel this anxiety toward any subject that I teach that I feel I do not have a lot of knowledge in, such as government or history. It’s important to do the necessary research before getting in front of a class!

I really enjoyed the mini-micro teaching, as I learned how to do things that I’ve always wanted to learn, such as how to tie and tie or how to properly use chopsticks. So thank you to all of you for doing a wonderful job. I hope that you learned something from me as well!

I believe I was less nervous for my micro-teaching because I know stem-and-leaf plots and histograms very well. Some could say I’ve been cursed with an infatuation with mathematics. As such, I love teaching it and feel comfortable whenever asked to do so. I appreciated the constructive criticism that our counsellors gave after our lessons. I did not realize how improper my grammar skills are. I definitely need to work on this for the future. In addition, I need to stop cramming my lessons with too much information. Instead, I need to plan a lesson that gives students a sufficient amount of time to master one skill without feeling overloaded or rushed.

I believe that these two teaching experiences will help us develop the skills we need to be successful in our teaching blocks. I hope everyone else had a positive experience.