Changing directions through VirtualPREX: engaging pre-service teachers in virtual professional experience

Changing directions through VirtualPREX: engaging pre-service teachers in virtual professional experience

Many pre-service teachers currently undertake their professional experience with insufficient knowledge and confidence to handle unexpected teaching situations. VirtualPREX explores the experiences of 72 pre-service teachers who undertook a teaching role-play in a virtual world. The researchers disc...

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Main Authors: Gregory, S., Dalgarno, B., Campbell, M., Reiners, Torsten, Knox, V., Masters, Y.
Other Authors: G. Williams
Format: Conference Paper
Published: University of Tasmania 2011
Subjects:
professional experience
Second Life
virtual worlds
pre-service teachers
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35388

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35388

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