The Use of Animated Case Studies as a Tool to Influence Pre-service Teachers Preparedness in Classroom Management
Abstract
This project is an effort to provide support for teacher education and classroom management that in more comfortable for students in this generation that are digital natives and have used software to enhance the reinforcement of their classroom materials. The authors have endeavored to add more support for classroom management training by also providing online computer-based training to compliment formal traditional training materials that are provided through lecture and reading materials. We have developed Spectrum Educational tool as a set of animated classroom management scenarios that depict action, activities, and actual classroom scenes. The cohort class was presented with this tool and were given a questionnaire to assess user satisfaction with the aesthetics of this application and potential educational benefit. The cohort positively reported their high user satisfaction and the application’s benefit to their critical thinking based on their interaction with the animated educational tool.