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To more effectively prepare teachers the field of education is amidst a “practice-turn” to emphasize the practice of teaching and mastery of skills directly related to effective classroom instruction (e.g., Grossman, 2018; Mancenido, 2023). Practice based teacher education emphasizes using the learning cycle to deconstruct, observe, practice and enact high leverage practices. This session will explore the use of a variety of intentionally structured simulation experiences including Mursion, a mixed reality platform that uses a combination of artificial intelligence and live human interaction to create immersive simulations for learning and practice teaching civics in an undergraduate social studies methods course.
