Mock Teaching

Lately, I’ am noticed and tracked there is some ‘google searches’ about ‘mock teaching uitm’ that hits my blog. Yes, I had mentioned about mock teaching in my previous posting but, not too specifically.

I thought, it is closely regarding to the UiTM ‘Tenaga Pengajar Muda’ (TPM) interviews that will be conducted within this month. Luckily, there are 2 friends of mine that chose to attend this interview on 24/3 and 25/3. I wish, best of luck.

Actually, I don’t have any experience about UiTM TPM interview. Previously, I’ am talking about my interview for lecturer post at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) which required me to prepare mock teaching too.

Mock teaching is all about to teach and to present on the particular topic in front of interview panels. You can bring and use any teaching materials, for example power point slides. The duration of mock teaching is depends on your teaching contents. My advice, preparing 10-15 slides is possible.

The topic of your presentation is hardly based on your Special Interest Group (SIG). For example, if you’re SIG is Database, so your teaching scope should be in the boundary of database area. Actually, SIG is your research interest area. You can present part and partial of your research area in mock teaching.

Actually, mock teaching is nothing compared to the real interview just after you have done your mock teaching. I don’t sure in UiTM, but at UMS they conducted mock teaching and interview separately. From my experience, when I’ am done mock teaching, the panels informed me what types of questions that will be asked at the second stage of interview.

The ‘core’ question is why you want to be a lecturer?, what is your planning when you become a lecturer, what is the roles of lecturer, and some sort of questions to test your basic knowledge. For example, what is Human Computer Interaction, what is robotics technology, what is intelligent system. Only what what what and what. The questions is very simple, but the way you to answer those questions hardly depends on the degree of nervousness during the interview. Sometimes you know the answer, but you cannot express your understanding in a concise and exact word. You can even blank to introduce your life background.

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