The Study of Microteaching to Enhance Teaching Ability on Aerobic Dance

Abstract

Abstract

This research objectives were two focuses, the first was to develop the microteaching plan in teaching ability on aerobic dance for students, the second was to compare the students teaching ability outcomes between the microteaching method and traditional teaching methods which consisted of the aerobic dance teaching ability, self- evaluation ability, psychological ability and satisfaction on the teaching process. The research subjects were the thirds and fourth year’s students who were studying the professional aerobic dance in Chuxiong Normal University, China. They were 7 males and 13 females with average ages at 21.85 ± 1.09 years. The subjects were randomly assignment into the two groups (Experimental group and control group). The total experimental test was eight weeks of training. The data was analyzed by repeated measure ANOVA at .05 level of significance, then to compare the results of each group on pre-test and post-test.

The research results shown that after the eight weeks of training program, the comparisons in all aspects were significantly different. The detail were: 1) The aerobic dance teaching ability aspect, teachers and students evaluation of teaching ability was statistically better in (p< .05) . 2) The self-evaluation ability on the teaching process was statistically better in (p< .05). 3) The psychological ability on three anxiety aspects was statistically better in (p< .01). 4) The satisfaction for the teaching aspect evaluated by the teachers and the students was statistically better in (p< .05). This research could concluded that the microteaching was effective to use in aerobic dance student class

Keywords: Microteaching, Teaching ability, Aerobic dance, Student teacher