VirtualPREX : Innovative Assessment Using a 3D Virtual World with Pre-service Teachers : Final Report.
Pre-service teachers are sometimes not sufficiently prepared to embark on their professional experience placements because of limited practice opportunities. Professional experience does not always provide an adequate range of experiential professional learning opportunities, leaving graduate teache...
| Institutions: | University of New England Charles Sturt University Curtin University RMIT University Australian Catholic University Hamburg University |
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| Autori principali: | , , , , , , |
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Office for Learning and Teaching
2013
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| Accesso online: | /resources/PP10_1775_Gregory_report_2013.pdf |
| Riassunto: | Pre-service teachers are sometimes not sufficiently prepared to embark on their professional experience placements because of limited practice opportunities. Professional experience does not always provide an adequate range of experiential professional learning opportunities, leaving graduate teachers ill-equipped for professional life. Up to 45 per cent of newly recruited in-service teachers resign or burn out in their first five years of classroom teaching. Can virtual practicum experiences be used to assist pre-service teachers acquire a better range of skills and confidence before being placed in real life situations? Could pre-service teachers practice teaching with robotic primary school students? Can a 3D virtual environment be used to facilitate effective formative assessment of teaching practice? Virtual practicum, robot-students and formative assessment should have the flow-on effect of supporting and enhancing the potential for professional learning during practicum placements. Videos of student performances can be viewed for reflection through self-assessment, and academics can use them for peer, formative and summative assessment tasks. This is the final report of a project that investigated these questions. |
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| ISBN: | 9781922125033 (web ed) 9781922125026 (print ed) 9781922125033 (web ed) 9781922125026 (print ed) |
