Developing Teacher Expertise: Assessing the ‘Micro-Teach’ Online as an Alternative to Classroom-based Teaching

Lucy Spowart; Tristan Price; Mohammad Ibrar Perwaiz

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92979-4_38

Developing Teacher Expertise: Assessing the ‘Micro-Teach’ Online as an Alternative to Classroom-based Teaching

Lucy Spowart^*, Tristan Price, Mohammad Ibrar Perwaiz

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Plymouth

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A micro-teach is a mini teaching episode, designed to develop teacher expertise by assessing learners’ practical teaching skills and understanding of underpinning pedagogical principles. In this chapter, we employ a case study approach, with the aim of capturing the lived experiences of frontline workers (doctors, nurses and dentists) and intercalating medical students enrolled on a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education during the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic years. Planning for the assessed micro-teach was well underway when the first lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic was announced. In consultation with students, it was decided that rather than replace the micro-teach with an alternative assessment, students would deliver the micro-teach assessment online. We outline the factors that contributed to a successful approach, the barriers encountered, and how the online practical assessment can be constructed to optimise students’ learning in the future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption
Subtitle of host publication	Evaluating Academic Innovations in Higher Education during COVID-19
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	617-632
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030929794
ISBN (Print)	9783030929787
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92979-4_38
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences
General Economics,Econometrics and Finance
General Business,Management and Accounting

Keywords

Digital technologies
Emergency remote teaching
Micro-teach
Online assessment
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Teacher expertise

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Spowart, L., Price, T., & Perwaiz, M. I. (2022). Developing Teacher Expertise: Assessing the ‘Micro-Teach’ Online as an Alternative to Classroom-based Teaching. In Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption: Evaluating Academic Innovations in Higher Education during COVID-19 (pp. 617-632). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92979-4_38

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Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption: Evaluating Academic Innovations in Higher Education during COVID-19. Springer International Publishing AG, 2022. p. 617-632.

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