Micro Teaching: Summary & Reflection

Peer Evaluation Summary:
I found my classmates to be very receptive participants in my activity. They enjoyed my introductory anecdotes, saying that they were useful and provided a clear motivation for the specific technique I demonstrated. Additionally, they wrote that the practice with partners of disparate sizes was a good way to display the effectiveness of leverage and joint manipulation when neutralizing an opponent. They also indicated that I did a good job of monitoring their progress throughout the activity, and correcting their form as necessary. Although they found the initial technique to be too complicated, they were pleased at my ability to adapt the lesson to their skill levels. Some wrote that they would like to have seen some different ways to apply the technique, although they understood that the time limit was quite constraining. Finally, they stated that I needed to focus on improving the organization of my summary.
Self Evaluation and Reflection:
Overall, I thought the activity was carried out successfully. I felt like my colleagues understood the main points I was trying to get across; namely, some principles of self defense, and the idea of using joint locks to overcome a physically superior attacker. I was quite concerned by the difficulty my classmates were having with the technique I initially taught, but I felt like I did an effective job of modifying the lesson based on their lack of martial arts experience. Effectively summarizing a lesson is an area of my teaching that I have been working to improve, and I was not surprised that my classmates pointed it out. Also, I had wanted to demonstrate one or two other ways to apply the technique I showed, and with better time management I feel like this could have been accomplished. All in all, I’d give myself a B+.