Pre-Service Teachers' Perspectives on Using Scenario-Based Virtual Worlds in Science Education

Autor/in	Kennedy-Clark, Shannon
Titel	Pre-Service Teachers' Perspectives on Using Scenario-Based Virtual Worlds in Science Education
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 57 (2011) 4, S.2224-2235 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2011.05.015
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Science Education; Gender Differences; Student Behavior; Behavior Problems; Preservice Teacher Education; Vignettes; Science Instruction; Virtual Classrooms; Computer Simulation; Simulated Environment; Computer Assisted Instruction; Educational Games; Questionnaires; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Künstliche Umwelt; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Educational game; Lernspiel; Fragebogen; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	This paper presents the findings of a study on the current knowledge and attitudes of pre-service teachers on the use of scenario-based multi-user virtual environments in science education. The 28 participants involved in the study were introduced to "Virtual Singapura," a multi-user virtual environment, and completed an open-ended questionnaire. Data from the questionnaire indicated that gender and current computer game use were likely to affect the perceived benefits of using virtual worlds in a classroom setting. Behavior management was seen as being a constraining factor on a pre-service teacher's willingness to use a virtual world in the future. Overall, the results of the study indicate that pre-service teachers as a result of their use of "Virtual Singapura" are both aware of virtual worlds and have a reasonable understanding of both their potential advantages and disadvantages within a classroom setting. (Contains 3 figures and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10