The College of Education for Humanities at the University of Baghdad discussed a doctoral dissertation entitled “The Effectiveness of a Training Program Based on Cathy Moore’s Model of Microteaching in Practical Education for Acquiring Teaching Skills among Fourth-Year Students in Colleges of Education.” The dissertation was presented by Hussein Qasim Sayhoud, from the Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences, specializing in Curriculum and Methods of Teaching.
The discussion committee was chaired by Prof. Dr. Dawood Abdul-Salam Sabri, with Assist. Prof. Dr. Abbas Lafta Hassan serving as a member and supervisor, along with a number of distinguished faculty members from the department. Assist. Prof. Dr. Huda Hadi Khamis also joined the committee as an external member representing the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The study aimed to develop a training program based on Cathy Moore’s model of microteaching within practical education, with the purpose of helping fourth-year students in colleges of education acquire teaching skills and evaluating the effectiveness of the program.
The findings revealed significant differences in the acquisition of teaching skills in favor of the group that studied according to the training program based on Cathy Moore’s model of microteaching. These findings emphasize the importance of incorporating microteaching as an integral part of teacher education curricula, as it provides students with opportunities for practical application, feedback, and improvement of teaching effectiveness.
