Investigating Preservice Science Teacher Ethical Sensitivity through Computer Game and Video

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Authors

  • Shawn Holmes The YOU in you Consulting, Inc.
  • Leonard Annetta East Carolina University
  • Loni Crumb East Carolina University

Keywords:

Games, ethics, race, science

Abstract

A computer-based simulation, Hazelton High at REST (HHR), with embedded performance-based assessments and Likert-type survey questions was created to assess preservice teacher recognition of racial and gender intolerant behaviors. The simulation was modeled after the Racial Ethical Sensitivity Test (REST), a reliable video-based assessment, measuring professionals’ ethical sensitivity for cultural competence and recognition of intolerant behaviors in school settings. Ethical sensitivity skills, based on education professional ethics, are used to determine knowledge of ethical responsibility and professional attitudes and behaviors. A mixed-methods comparison study was conducted between HHR and the REST-video with 31 preservice science education students to investigate the effect of each on their ethical sensitivity. A post-simulation assessment was also conducted to determine and the usability and perception of HHR. It was hypothesized; HHR, an immersive simulation, would affect perspective taking of preservice science teachers and indirectly influence their ethical sensitivity. Data analysis determined ethical sensitivity score (EES) for HHR and REST-video using a survey and performance-based assessments. Post-simulation interview helped inform how a participant perceived the HHR. Results indicate the REST-video group had a significantly higher EES than the HHR group. Performance-based assessments within HHR showed a more comprehensive and complex picture of participant EES. The implication of this work for science education programs to use professional codes as a guide for evaluation and development of candidate disposition concerning cultural competency and the use of Serious Educational Games (SEGs) as ethical sensitivity assessments.

Author Biographies

Shawn Holmes, The YOU in you Consulting, Inc.

Dr. Shawn Holmes is the founder and co-owner of The YOU in you Consulting, Inc., proving education and mindfulness consulting services in the public and private sectors. Dr. Holmes earned her PhD. in Science Education from North Carolina State University where she was a science teacher educator as an Assistant Professor; she earned her Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) from Temple University, where she was an Assistant Clinical Professor and focused her dental practice on serving medically compromised patients; and a M.A. in Multicultural Education from Eastern University. After moving to Canada in 2011, she taught Self & Other courses in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. Her practice and values are an intersection between learning, culture, community responsibility and compassion to create awareness of and participation in just inclusive communities.

Leonard Annetta, East Carolina University

As the Taft Distinguished Professor of Science Education at East Carolina University, Dr. Annetta’s research has focused on innovative technologies and the effect of Serious Educational Games on science learning of teachers and students in underserved populations. He has been awarded over $19 million as lead Principal Investigator for his research to date and has won numerous awards and honors for his work.

 

In 2008, Dr. Annetta was honored with three awards for his extension work teaching K-12 teachers and students’ video game design and creation. These awards were progressive from the College of Education Outstanding Extension Service Award, to the induction into the NC State University Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension to the Distinguished Alumni Engaged in Extension and Outreach award. Moreover, Dr. Annetta has twice been awarded the National Technology Leadership Initiative Fellowship in Science Education and Technology from the Association of Science Teacher Education and the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.  He has thrice been invited to the National Science and Engineering Festival as one of the top 50 speakers in STEM.

Loni Crumb, East Carolina University

Dr. Loni Crumb is an Assistant Professor in the Counselor Education Program in the Department of Interdisciplinary Professions at East Carolina University.   Dr. Crumb received her Ph.D. in Counseling and Student Personnel Services from the University of Georgia, M.A. in Education and Community Counseling from Clark Atlanta University, and B.A. in Psychology from North Carolina State University. Her research interests include counseling in rural areas, promoting the retention and persistence of underserved students in higher education, college student mental health, and social justice and multicultural training. 

Citation

Holmes, S.Y., Annetta, L. & Crumb, L. (2019). Investigating pre-service science teacher ethical sensitivity through computer game and video. Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH), 5(1), 55-69. DOI:10.21891/jeseh.512108

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Published

2019-01-18

How to Cite

Holmes, S., Annetta, L., & Crumb, L. (2019). Investigating Preservice Science Teacher Ethical Sensitivity through Computer Game and Video. Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 5(1), 55–69. Retrieved from https://jeseh.net/index.php/jeseh/article/view/198

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Vol 5, No 1 (2019)

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