The Linkage of Online Microteaching Programs Helping Prospective Teacher Students Practice Reflective Thinking about Teaching Skills

Abstract

Improving students' teaching abilities, including microteaching, which is carried out online to maintain the quality of teaching abilities, teaching performance, as well as a good and structured teaching experience, is one way to increase graduates of educational faculties who are able to be competitive. With quality teaching skills that affect the ability to master the class and improve learning outcomes according to standards, it is expected to increase competitiveness through human resources who are able to turn challenges into opportunities. This research is a quasi-experimental research conducted on students in Universitas PGRI Semarang. The aim of the research is to find out the linkage of online microteaching programs that can help prospective teacher students practice reflective thinking about teaching skills through teaching practice, making learning model guides, and learning descriptions as an effort to prepare prospective teachers with quality teaching skills and experience. Every activity applied in the learning process is used as a reference for teachers to effectively help students develop communication skills through teaching skills.