For this ten minute micro-teaching, I had a group of four and I taught them how to make origami boats. There are a lot of positive feedbacks which are very encouraging. For example, my group liked this activity, which means I chose a good topic to teach. Three people mentioned that the instructions were clear, and they liked the fact that I wasn’t rushing. Also, people like the fact that I monitored their process and made sure that the group was staying with me all the time, so that everyone made their own boat at the end. Two people suggested that I could improve on time management since we didn’t have time to complete the post-test. One person suggested that it would be better if I could show them what to make before hand (having a sample).
The comments are really valuable and beneficial to me, and I have learned a lot from this ten minute activity, so thank you, my group!
I think the biggest part that I can improve is the time management. I tried at home and it was about the right time, but when I was teaching the classmates, there were those minutes that I didn’t think of when I was doing it by myself. For example, the time to distribute paper, the time to check if the learners understand, the time to clarify, or the time to help the individual learners. Therefore, it is important to give myself extra few minutes to prepare for these things. It might be a good idea to divide the learning into different parts. For example, first to teach them how to make a basic boat, and then carry the activity into a deeper level (e.g. adding a roof for the boat), in case everything runs smoothly and we have few minutes left (therefore also need to prepare materials for extra activity). It is always necessary to have something back up, e.g., I can give them some stickers to let them decorate their boats if we still have time left.
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