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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.
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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: Jamil, M.G., Morley, D.A. (eds) Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92979-4_38
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