{"id":25413,"date":"2020-11-16T09:35:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/?p=25413"},"modified":"2021-04-01T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T16:08:48","slug":"new-findings-shed-light-on-teachers-efforts-to-adapt-to-school-closures-and-meet-student-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/2020\/11\/16\/new-findings-shed-light-on-teachers-efforts-to-adapt-to-school-closures-and-meet-student-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"New findings shed light on teachers' efforts to adapt to school closures and meet student needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A survey led by 快播视频 Faculty of Education Associate Professor Sarah Barrett <\/a>is providing a snapshot of challenges experienced by elementary and secondary school teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The emergency shift to online teaching at the beginning of the pandemic disrupted teacher-student and student-student relationships and made it difficult to assess how students were performing, according to the findings of a survey<\/a> of elementary and secondary school teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of a larger study, Barrett surveyed 764 teachers in May and June, to explore and document the teachers\u2019 experiences of the unprecedented closures in the winter and spring of 2020. The survey provides a snapshot of teachers\u2019 familiarity with online teaching before the pandemic and their circumstances, professional development, and concerns during. Fifty-five per cent of participants were secondary school teachers and forty-five per cent were elementary school teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n