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A Whole New World: Prek-12 Teachers' Perceptions Of Instruction During A Pandemic, Frances A. Hamilton, Dana L. Skelley, Kimberly A. Hile
A Whole New World: Prek-12 Teachers' Perceptions Of Instruction During A Pandemic, Frances A. Hamilton, Dana L. Skelley, Kimberly A. Hile
Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education
This manuscript explores educators’ perceptions about professional and personal challenges and successes with virtual instruction, along with their concerns about the impact on students and student learning in a virtual environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers from seventeen school systems in Tennessee and Alabama were invited to participate in the study with sixty-seven participants completing surveys. A phenomenology design model was used, and In Vivo Coding was conducted to analyze the data. Results revealed four main themes related to teachers’ experiences with virtual learning: personal perceptions, instruction, impact on students, and communication. Discussion of the results and their implications are …