Virtual Reality in Curriculum and Pedagogy

Erica Southgate is Associate Professor of Emerging Technologies for Education in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and Lead Researcher of the VR School Research Project.

• 1. Introduction: From the germ of an idea to a gem of an idea (or how this book came about) 2. A brief history of virtual reality and a review of research on its use in schools 3. The pedagogy of immersive virtual reality 4. The methodology of the VR School Study 5. The ‘nuts and bolts’ of embedding immersive virtual reality in classrooms 6. 'It makes you actually interact with the things you are learning about': Secondary school science through immersive virtual reality 7. 'Bring what’s going on in your mind to life!': Using immersive virtual reality in the drama classroom 8. Schooling virtual futures: What we need to know and do to ensure powerful learning through immersive virtual reality

"Southgate plays the role of a pioneer here, in particular everything that requires the collaboration of teachers, students and students in this field.Erica Southgate shows how the use of iVR supports learning processes and that access to VR can lead to independent learning, creativity and promotes collaboration, insofar as students focus on technology and let in the work processes."-Dipl.-Ing Christoph Bauer, BSc BA MA, Universität Graz