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Mixed-reality simulations of eliciting student thinking for preservice teachers
Event Details
On 13 November 2025, TUM’s Center for Educational Technologies will host Prof. Courtney Bell, University of Wisconsin. She will present a new simulation capability for a mixed-reality simulation to elicit student thinking for preservice teachers.We look forward to welcoming you to the Talk either in-person or online.
About the Talk
This talk provides a brief overview of a new simulation capability being developed at the University of Wisconsin – Madison that leverages mixed-reality simulation of conversations between teachers and students. It explains how scenarios are co-developed with instructors, district and/or community partners and shares the results of a study of 22 preservice secondary science teachers learning the core teaching practice of eliciting student teaching. Finally, a hypothesized learning trajectory of teachers’ learning of eliciting student thinking is considered.
Guest Biography
Dr. Courtney Bell serves as the Director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. A former high school science teacher, Courtney earned her doctorate at Michigan State University in Curriculum, Teaching and Educational Policy and a B.A. in Chemistry at Dartmouth College. Courtney is passionate about understanding and improving teaching for historically underserved children. Her interdisciplinary collaborative work is situated at the intersections of research, policy and practice. It spans issues of parental choice, performance assessments of teaching, international comparisons of teaching, teaching quality, teacher learning, teacher education, and the measurement of teaching. Courtney was proud to lead the international development of two observation systems and serve as a PI on the OECD-organized TALIS Video Study (also called the Global Teaching InSights study). This ground-breaking study was the first of its kind to comprehensively measure teaching quality using observations, artifacts, questionnaires, and student outcomes in eight economies. She is currently engaged in both national and international studies of teaching, teacher education, and teacher learning.