Virtual Reality – Part of Supervised Teaching Practice for University Students – Future Teachers?

• Published in: European journal of contemporary education 2021, Vol.10 (1), p.127
• Main Authors: Sirotová, Mariana, Michvocíková, Veronika
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: College Students; Computer Simulation; Computer Uses in Education; Foreign Countries; Information Technology; Practicum Supervision; Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; Student Teaching
• ISSN: 2304-9650; 2305-6746; 2305-6746
• DOI: 10.13187/ejced.2021.1.127

The submitted study is of theoretical-empirical character. The theoretical part defines given key terms related to the issue of supervised teaching practice for future teachers. In addition to a brief characterisation of supervised teaching practice, attention is paid to the position and importance of information and communication technologies in the life of young people today. There is a brief definition of virtual reality and the attention of the study is focused on its using by young people, especially university students. The empirical part contains partial results of our own empirical study executed via a quantitative analysis of data acquired through online questionnaires, in which students of teaching answered questions related to using virtual reality during their supervised teaching practice. The acquired data were analysed by a statistical software called SPSS 20. The interpretation of results related to the given issue is based on the results of univariate, bivariate and multivariate data analyses. Multivariate data analyses was realized by correspondence analyses and the most important results of our research are illustrated in the graph of correspondence analyses -- correspondence map. The main goal of the study is to emphasize the possibilities and methods of utilising virtual reality in supervised teaching practice for university students -- future teachers.