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

Sue Gregory; Barney Dalgarno; Matthew Campbell; Torsten Reiners; Vicki Knox; Yvonne Masters

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

Sue Gregory, Barney Dalgarno, Matthew Campbell, Torsten Reiners, Vicki Knox, Yvonne Masters

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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 discuss this opportunity for pre-service teachers to utilise new methods and avenues in a virtual world to both supplement their learning and undertake preparation for practical experience. Participation by pre-service teachers in role-play enables them to test and develop a better range of professional skills and acquire confidence in, and more realistic awareness of, their skills before being placed in real-life classrooms. Presented in this paper are the findings from a pilot of this study and pre-service teacher reactions to the role-play activity including whether they felt that it was helpful in preparing them for their upcoming professional experience placement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Changing Demands, Changing Directions: Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011
Editors	G Williams, P Statham, N Brown, B Cleland
Place of Publication	Hobart, Australia
Publisher	University of Tasmania
Pages	491-501
ISBN (Print)	9781862956445
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	ASCILITE 2011: 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education - Hobart, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2011 → 7 Dec 2011

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Conference	ASCILITE 2011: 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
City	Hobart, Australia
Period	4/12/11 → 7/12/11

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Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
Higher Education
Primary Education (excl Maori)

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Gregory, S., Dalgarno, B., Campbell, M., Reiners, T., Knox, V., & Masters, Y. (2011). Changing directions through VirtualPREX: engaging pre-service teachers in virtual professional experience. In G. Williams, P. Statham, N. Brown, & B. Cleland (Eds.), Changing Demands, Changing Directions: Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011 (pp. 491-501). University of Tasmania. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9326

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Gregory, S, Dalgarno, B, Campbell, M, Reiners, T, Knox, V & Masters, Y 2011, Changing directions through VirtualPREX: engaging pre-service teachers in virtual professional experience. in G Williams, P Statham, N Brown & B Cleland (eds), Changing Demands, Changing Directions: Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011. University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, pp. 491-501, ASCILITE 2011: 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, Hobart, Australia, 4/12/11. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9326>

Changing directions through VirtualPREX: engaging pre-service teachers in virtual professional experience. / Gregory, Sue; Dalgarno, Barney; Campbell, Matthew et al.
Changing Demands, Changing Directions: Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011. ed. / G Williams; P Statham; N Brown; B Cleland. Hobart, Australia: University of Tasmania, 2011. p. 491-501.

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