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We Never Left Work: Challenges to Sustaining High-Quality Teaching and Learning during COVID-19

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  • Amy Spiker

    (College of Education and Human Services, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX 79601, USA)

  • Cynthia Brock

    (College of Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA)

  • Avia Kelly

    (College of Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA)

Abstract

During the shift to online remote learning at the height of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, a group of researchers administered a qualitative survey with a desire to hear teacher voices. Responses were received from many areas of the world from educators at all levels of teaching. In this paper, we analyzed qualitative survey responses from 314 literacy educators in the United States. These educators were K-12 teachers, instructional coaches, and instructors from teacher education. We sought to learn how a sampling of U.S. literacy educators was impacted by COVID-19 in their teaching and in their profession. Teachers experienced stress and uncertainty as their roles and responsibilities shifted. The story told about teaching and learning was rewritten. Data revealed implications for the future of teaching and the teaching profession.

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  • Amy Spiker & Cynthia Brock & Avia Kelly, 2023. "We Never Left Work: Challenges to Sustaining High-Quality Teaching and Learning during COVID-19," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-14, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:5:p:3938-:d:1076019
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    1. Deborah Fields & Yasmin Kafai, 2023. "Supporting and Sustaining Equitable STEAM Activities in High School Classrooms: Understanding Computer Science Teachers’ Needs and Practices When Implementing an E-Textiles Curriculum to Forge Connect," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-21, May.

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    teaching; pandemic; resiliency;
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