Web-Based Simulations for the Training of Mathematics Teachers

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Author(s): Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris (European University Cyprus, Greece)and Katerina Mavrou (European University Cyprus, Greece)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 33
Source title: Cases on Educational Technology Implementation for Facilitating Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Albert D. Ritzhaupt (University of Florida, USA)and Swapna Kumar (University of Florida, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3676-7.ch018

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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A crucial step in learning to fly an airplane is to use a simulator, where the risks are minimized or even eliminated, and similar problems and hazards can be replayed and reflected upon time after time. A key aspect of this case study is to exploit such techniques by adopting the latest technological developments in simulating teaching practice to give pre-service teachers more “teaching” experience than would otherwise be practical or possible in typical student teaching placements. The case study explores the affordances offered by digital simulations for contextualizing pre-service teachers’ learning of mathematics content and its pedagogy. Using the simulated classroom SimSchool as a virtual field experience, the authors seek to bridge the classic gap between teacher preparation and practice by creating reality-based learning contexts that strengthen pre-service teachers’ appreciation of how to implement standard-based mathematics instruction in complex classrooms.

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