Six major challenge themes faced by K-12 teachers during early COVID-19 online teaching emerged from thematic analysis¶

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q2 i? Thematic analysis identified six major challenges: lack of student participation and engagement (or lack of parental support), students without access to technology, concerns about students' well-being, no face-to-face interactions, no work-life balance, and learning new technology. → An 2021

Evidence¶

An 2021¶

An, Y., Kaplan-Rakowski, R., Yang, J., Conan, J., Kinard, W., & Daughrity, L. (2021). Examining K-12 teachers' feelings, experiences, and perspectives regarding online teaching during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10008-5

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Thematic analysis (Thomas's five-step procedure; two researchers coded subsets until consensus) of open-ended survey responses and 13 follow-up interviews. The article reports "Major challenges included: (1) lack of student participation and engagement (or lack of parental support)" among six themes.

"Major challenges included: (1) lack of student participation and engagement (or lack of parental support), (2) students without access to technology, (3) concerns about students' well-being, (4) no face-to-face interactions with students, (5) no work-life balance, and (6) learning new technology."

Discussion¶

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