Perceptions of pre-service teachers', guidance counsellors' and school administrators' towards youth who participate in video game play

Browne, Jaclyn (2018) Perceptions of pre-service teachers', guidance counsellors' and school administrators' towards youth who participate in video game play. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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Abstract

This study explores the perceptions and attitudes held towards youth who play video games by pre-service educators (n=61) enrolled in a teacher preparation program at a large Atlantic Canadian University. The need for potential interventions, via curriculum development amongst pre-service school personnel is also examined. To complete this work, surveys were distributed to undergraduate (i.e., Primary/Elementary or Intermediate/Secondary) and graduate students (i.e., Counselling Psychology or Educational Leadership) of the Faculty of Education. Findings indicate that while a majority of pre-service educators possess experience with gaming- albeit not necessarily within an educational context- they also hold moderately critical perceptions and attitudes towards youth video gaming. Variation between participants does exist. Further, this study finds there is currently little opportunity for pre-service educators to explore the topic of youth gaming as part of course-work in teacher preparation programming, but they view it as an important topic, which ought to be included in their pre-service education. Significant findings are discussed in relation to other scholarly research. In addition, implications for training and future research are discussed.

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