Mixed-Reality Teaching Experiences Improve Preservice Special Education Students

Authors

  • Melissa E. Hudson East Carolina University
  • Karen S. Voytecki East Carolina University
  • Guili Zhang East Carolina University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v11i2.7308

Keywords:

mixed reality virtual environment, Mursion, teacher education

Abstract

Classroom management is an important skill for classroom teachers that they typically learn while completing their teacher preparation program. Traditional ways of teaching classroom management skills, such as practicum and internship experiences, may not provide the intensity of instruction needed for preservice teachers to develop the classroom management skills needed to be successful in the classroom. An alternative to these traditional methods of teacher preparation is Mursion. Mursion is a mixed-reality environment that allows preservice candidates to practice teaching specially designed scenarios (simulations) with student avatars. In this mixed methods study, we evaluated the effects of Mursion teaching experiences on undergraduate special education juniors

Author Biographies

  • Melissa E. Hudson, East Carolina University
    Assistant Professor, Special Education, Foundations, and Research, East Carolina University
  • Karen S. Voytecki, East Carolina University
    Associate Professor, Special Education, Foundations, and Research, East Carolina University
  • Guili Zhang, East Carolina University
    Professor, Special Education, Foundations, and Research, East Carolina University

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Published

2018-07-30

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2018): Assembled 2018 Part 2

Section

Peer Reviewed Research Papers

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