"Thinking as Someone Else": Using Avatars in Teacher Education and the Challenge to Think and Act as Someone Else

Autor/in	Wasmuth, Helge
Titel	"Thinking as Someone Else": Using Avatars in Teacher Education and the Challenge to Think and Act as Someone Else
Quelle	In: Global Education Review, 3 (2016) 4, S.127-145 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2325-663X
Schlagwörter	Computer Simulation; Teacher Education Programs; Perspective Taking; Online Courses; Student Developed Materials; Qualitative Research; Educational Innovation; Teaching Methods; Experiential Learning; Personality Traits; College Students; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Zukunftsperspektive; Online course; Online-Kurs; Qualitative Forschung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Collegestudent
Abstract	This article discusses an alternative learning project that was conducted in an online course at a teacher education program from Fall 2012 to Fall 2015. As part of the course, students had to create avatars, an alter ego, and think and act as their avatars when faced with educational issues. The project strives to overcome challenges that teacher education programs have to take into account when preparing students to become teachers. A qualitative research study was conducted in order to find out more about the students' thinking and learning in this innovative approach of the online class. Results of the study and the implications for the project will be discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01