The quality of education that is provided to our children depends on the quality of our teachers. The quality of teachers, in turn, definitely depends on the way in which they had received training through teacher's training institutions. Hence, the need of planning is essential. our teachers are going to shape the destiny of our country, teacher education has to assume a great responsibility and has to take recourse to some innovative and effective technique of training teachers. Microteaching, a teacher training technique currently practiced. It provides teachers an opportunity to perk up their teaching skills by improving the various simple tasks called teaching skills.
With the proven success among the Pre- Service teachers and senior teachers, microteaching helps to promote real-time teaching experiences. The core skills of microteaching such as presentation and reinforcement skills help the Pre- Service teachers to learn the art of teaching at ease and to the maximum extent. The impact of this technique has been widely seen in various forms of education and in all areas. The emerging changes in teacher education of India and the role of teachers envisage the need of this special training of teachers and monitoring of their skills for their continued efficient performance at any age. The alleged limitations of microteaching can be minimized by implementing this at the departmental level in several sequences. The e internship is very essential for today’s teachers because it gives proper training pupil teachers for better understanding of all the students. It builds confidence among the pupil teachers. This paper presents an outline of the various phases of microteaching, core teaching skills, implementation aspects, and the impact of microteaching on school internship.
Key words: Microteaching, Teaching Skills, Pre – Service teacher Education, School Internship.
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