Student teachers´ experiences of an immersive Virtual Reality bullying simulation. 

In this study, 19 student teachers (of years 7-12) experienced a three-minutelong VR simulation offering a first-person perspective of bullying bymultiple ‘classmates’. Their experiences were observed and afterwardsfive focus group interviews were conducted, with 3-4 student teachersper group. The results show that they experienced the VR simulation asimmersive, albeit to varying degrees depending on their previous experiencesand personality traits. Issues related to what they experienced,learned and reflected on, their thoughts about the potential educationaluses of VR, and the challenges and opportunities with using VR in differentsubjects are discussed