Enhancing Teacher Education with Simulations

Kaufman, David; Ireland, Alice

doi:10.1007/s11528-016-0049-0

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“…Perhaps a better way to help preservice teachers gain the skills they need to manage a classroom successfully is to supplement traditional practicum and internship experiences with the use of mixed-reality environments (Dieker, Rodriguez, Lignugaris/Kraft, Hynes, & Hughes, 2014;Kaufman & Ireland, 2016). A mixed-reality environment is a blending of real and synthetic content to create an environment where preservice teachers can interact with a group of virtual students.…”

Section: Efficacy and Theoretical Support For Mixed-reality Environmentsmentioning

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“…In 2015, TeachLivE™ was commercialized as a new company, Mursion. Since then, Mursion has been used for teacher preparation at universities (Dieker, Hynes, Hughes, Hardin, & Becht, 2015;Kaufman & Ireland, 2016) and professional development with in-service teachers (Pas, Johnson, Larson, Brandenburg, Church, & Bradshaw, 2016). In the Mursion mixed-reality classroom environment, student avatars have unique personalities based on adolescent development research (Long, 1989).…”

Section: Introduction To Mursion Mixed-realitymentioning

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Mixed-Reality Teaching Experiences Improve Preservice Special Education Students’ Perceptions of their Ability to Manage a Classroom

Hudson

Voytecki

Zhang

2018

JVWR

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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' perceptions of readiness to manage a classroom. Twenty-five undergraduate students aged 18-29 participated in the study during the first semester of their junior year. Results indicated that following the Mursion experiences, most participants perceived that: they were better prepared to teach, Mursion was an effective way to practice new skills, the avatars seemed like real students, they had more confidence to manage undesired behaviors, and they felt like they were in a real classroom. Implications for practice indicate that Mursion provides a safe environment for preservice teachers to learn complex skills such as classroom management. Additional research is needed to evaluate how much time is optimal for learning in mixed-reality environments and the efficacy of using Mursion with distance education learners.

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Section: Efficacy and Theoretical Support For Mixed-reality Environmentsmentioning

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Section: Introduction To Mursion Mixed-realitymentioning

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Mixed-Reality Teaching Experiences Improve Preservice Special Education Students’ Perceptions of their Ability to Manage a Classroom

Hudson

Voytecki

Zhang

2018

JVWR

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“…A simulation re‐creates an event through the use of models, mannequins, or role‐play (Clapper, ). Simulations are low risk in that participants can try different decisions, change their behaviors, and see different results without harm (Kaufman & Ireland, ). Simulations allow students to explore complex tasks and develop critical thinking skills by using active learning and reflection (Clapper, ).…”

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Using a Simulation to Teach Reading Assessment to Preservice Teachers

Ferguson¹

2017

Read Teach

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“…When playing a well-designed simulation, students will seldom experience exactly the same pattern of events twice, even when they employ the same strategy [1]. This contingent, dynamic feature of the learning environment stimulates learners to reflect on cause and effect relationships with respect to their strategic decisions and rethink their "mental models" (Hallinger and McCary, 1990;Gary and Wood, 2011;Scherpereel, 2005).…”

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Simulation-based learning in management education

Hallinger

Showanasai

2014

Journal of Management Development

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2014),"Application of the experiential simulation learning approach (ELSA) model to teach sustainability to international business management undergraduate students", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 33 Iss 6 pp. 620-636 http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -Proponents have argued that simulation-based learning (SBL) offers capabilities that respond to persisting critiques of management education. This research intended to provide additional empirical evidence for the instructional effectiveness of SBL. This paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach -This research adopted a quasi-experimental, multiple time series design to examine the instructional effectiveness of courses that incorporated computer simulations in a Master of Management program at a business school in Thailand. It compared student perceptions of three SBL courses with courses that used a variety of other instructional approaches over a period of seven years. Findings -Results revealed that students rated the SBL courses significantly higher on overall perceived instructional effectiveness, as manifested by action-directed learning, student engagement, quality of assessment and feedback, and instructor effectiveness.Research limitations/implications -The consistency of significant results for a large number of course sections over a substantial period of time suggests that the SBL courses created a more active, productive environment in which to learn management theory and practice. Practical implications -The results support assertions that simulations offer potential for enhancing the quality of university-based management education. Originality/value -First, the research provides empirical insights into the implementation of SBL in management education; second, many instructors remain skeptical as to whether active learning methods imported from western contexts are suitable for Asian learners.

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Enhancing Teacher Education with Simulations

Cited by 132 publications

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Mixed-Reality Teaching Experiences Improve Preservice Special Education Students’ Perceptions of their Ability to Manage a Classroom

Mixed-Reality Teaching Experiences Improve Preservice Special Education Students’ Perceptions of their Ability to Manage a Classroom

Using a Simulation to Teach Reading Assessment to Preservice Teachers

Simulation-based learning in management education

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