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
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混合现实教学体验提高了特殊教育学前学生对其课堂管理能力的看法
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2018
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Guili Zhang
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M. Hudson;Karen S Voytecki;Guili Zhang
课堂管理是课堂教师的一项重要技能，他们通常在完成教师准备计划时学习。传统的课堂管理技能教学方式，如实习和实习经验，可能无法提供必要的教学强度，为副教授发展课堂管理技能需要在课堂上取得成功。替代这些传统的教师准备方法是Mursion。Mursion是一个混合现实环境，允许实习生练习用学生头像教授专门设计的场景（模拟）。在这项混合方法的研究中，我们评估了Mursion教学经验对本科特殊教育大三学生管理课堂的准备程度的影响。25名18-29岁的本科生在大三第一学期参加了这项研究。结果表明，在Mursion的经验，大多数参与者认为：他们更好地准备教学，Mursion是一种有效的方式来实践新的技能，化身似乎是真实的学生，他们有更多的信心来管理不受欢迎的行为，他们觉得自己是在一个真实的教室。对实践的影响表明，Mursion为兼职教师提供了一个安全的环境，以学习复杂的技能，如课堂管理。还需要进一步的研究来评估在混合现实环境中学习的最佳时间以及使用Mursion与远程教育学习者的有效性。
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.