What is it about?
This study explored liminal learning in a teacher education program that used mixed reality simulations prior to and within clinical placements.
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Why is it important?
Mixed-reality simulations that focus on threshold concepts—for this study defined as high leverage practices—prior to implementation in a clinical placement may increase the effectiveness of the practice in a clinical placement later. The purpose of this study was to explore how threshold concepts as part of a practice-based teacher education program were experienced in mixed reality simulations.
Perspectives
Unlike the situated learning within traditional clinical placements, mixed reality simulations support a laboratory learning environment where pre-service teachers practice their instruction with low risk to both the pre-service teachers and to human students. Simulation experiences can be used in teacher education programs to prepare candidates for the field within a carefully designed curriculum that measures threshold learning.
Dr Jody S Piro
Western Connecticut State University
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This page is a summary of: Journeying Towards the Profession: Exploring Liminal Learning within Mixed Reality Simulations, Action in Teacher Education, October 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/01626620.2018.1534221.
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