Micro-teaching was proposed in________

Key Points

Micro-teaching, first proposed by Dwight W. Allen and his colleagues at Stanford University in 1963, is an instructional technique that is often used in teacher education.

• It works by simplifying the complex task of teaching into manageable parts, to improve specific teaching skills.
• Micro-teaching serves two main purposes:
  • To allow the teacher to learn and sharpen his/her teaching techniques under controlled conditions.
  • To provide the teacher with feedback from pupils and other teachers to improve his/her teaching techniques.
• In a micro-teaching session, the trainee teachers plan short lessons (usually 5-10 minutes) often with a very limited number of learners. The lessons focus on specific skills or objectives. After the lesson, they get feedback from their trainers and peers, which is used to improve their teaching strategies and techniques.

Hence, we can conclude that option 1 is the correct answer.