Abstract
Microteaching is widely used in many countries to prepare trainees for the complexity of the actual classroom environment but has limited use in Turkey. The main objective of this action research was to evaluate and increase in the effectiveness of microteaching, and determine the contribution of microteaching to trainees from their own perspectives through their reflections on their own experiences. Semi-structured focus group interview was carried out with 10 trainees out of 55 trainees who attended microteaching practices. The results ensured that against all the odds of microteaching, it is worthy to use microteaching practices to integrate theory and practice and train qualified teachers. Instead of just concentrating on its visible limitations, it would be better to concentrate on its advantages. Key words: Microteaching, science education, teacher education, focus group interview.
Highlights
In the process of becoming a qualified teacher, many aspects of the trainees must be developed
Trainees come to teacher education institutions equipped with a range of different knowledge and skills like: personal characteristics, interpersonal skills, motivation, educational experiences and Subject Matter Knowledge (SMK) depending on their pre-training schooling years
The findings showed that trainees reported having some negative experiences in their microteaching practices
Summary
In the process of becoming a qualified teacher, many aspects of the trainees must be developed. At the end of their training, a qualified teacher is expected to have developed a range of knowledge and skills These differences are: challenging personal characteristics, interpersonal skills, focused motivation, acquisition of general professional knowledge and understanding of systems, practical experience of teaching, gaining additional SMK and Pedagogical Content. Since Dewey‟s (1904) in Korthagen (2011) notification, the gap between theory and practice has remained the central problem of teacher education world-wide
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