Learning difficulties in microteaching class: A case study

Abstract

Microteaching is one of specific course of education and teacher training faculty. In this course, students demonstrate their ability to produce learning material and teach a class. This is a descriptive research aimed to reveal learning difficulties on microteaching class. Data was collected using observation during lesson to observe student's difficulties in teaching practice, lesson plan analysis to reveal student's difficulties to make proper lesson plan, and interview to all of students to know about to clarify the result from previous method. The result of this research is there are several learning difficulties including basic teaching skills and learning material difficulties. There 3 hardest competencies they are content competencies, facilitating competencies, and environmental competencies.