Microteaching

For the third consecutive year the Faculty Development Center is offering Microteaching to help faculty hone their teaching skills in a supportive, non-confrontational setting. Microteaching can provide participants fresh perspectives on their teaching styles. The core of microteaching is the presentation of two ten-minute microlessons to other participants acting as "student learners." By participating, observing others and playing the role of the learner, you can gain insights on becoming more effective in the classroom. You may also use the forum to try something new. Past participants agree that this is a very worthwhile and professionally enriching experience.

Microteaching sessions will be facilitated by four emeriti (Lynda Randall, HUSER; Eric Solberg, ECON; Kay Stanton, ENGLISH; Norm Page, SPCH) of the CSUF Carnegie Faculty Teacher-Scholar in Residence Program. A demonstration will be provided prior to the microteaching sessions to give participants a clearer idea of what to expect. The facilitators presented such a demonstration last March, in Washington D.C., at the AAHE Colloquium on Campus Conversations, where it was enthusiastically received by the audience of specialists in university education methodology.