Why you should consider microteaching

Margaret Ryan

By Margaret Ryan
Published February 29, 2020

Q: What is microteaching and is it really worth a try?

Microteaching is worth a look-in because it’s within the top five in Professor John Hattie’s list of effects on student ...

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This story appeared in the February 2020 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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Greg Cudmore

5 years ago

If teachers were treated as professionals and were actually given time to reflect collaboratively on their praxis, the above ideas would be feasible. For most overwrought and overworked classroom teachers it is often a case of thinking about the next lesson in the minutes is walking from one lesson to another.

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