Share Paper: Tracking Identity Exploration Trajectories in Game-Based Learning

  1. Amanda Barany, Drexel University School of Education, United States
  2. Hamideh Talafian, Drexel University School of Education, United States
  3. Mark Petrovich Jr., Drexel University School of Education, United States
  4. Mamta Shah, Drexel University School of Education, United States
  5. Aroutis Foster, Drexel University School of Education, United States
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Abstract: This paper reports findings from a comparative case study that investigated changes in high school students’ science-related identities over time as a result of their participation in an augmented virtual learning environment (VLE) designed with both in-game virtual experiences and in-person supportive curriculum. The Projective Reflection (PR) theoretical framework informed the design and implementation of a 9-week augmented VLE course developed around the virtual internship Philadelphia Land Science to promote intentional exploration of future possible selves in urban planning and environmental science. Two illustrative student cases are presented to descriptively characterize unique trajectories of identity exploration that were enacted by ...