Student Teaching is Strange by studentteacher

Every educator has one or two horror stories from their days as a student teacher. Sadly, there are surprisingly few resources for helping pre-service teachers cope with such an experience. We have developed an interactive fiction game that guides the player through common challenges of student teaching: getting to know the students, managing one's well-being, managing time, etc. By targeting the affective side of student teaching, we hope to A) foster human empathy in players, B) help pre-service teachers develop realistic expectations of their future student teaching experiences, and C) give student teachers a chance to experiment with different choices in a safe environment.