When school bells last rung: New Jersey schools and the reaction to COVID-19

This study was an examination of the immediate effects of remote learning during the COVID-19 shutdown in New Jersey during Spring 2020. This mixed methods study relied on survey data capturing the experiences, difficulties, and successes of 708 New Jersey public school educators during the first fe...

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Published in:Education and information technologies 2022-01, Vol.27 (1), p.23-44
Main Authors: Shamburg, Christopher, Amerman, Tracy, Zieger, Laura, Bahna, Samantha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Barriers
Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Computer Science
Computers and Education
Coping
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Digital divide
Distance Education
Distance learning
Education
Educational Technology
Electronic Learning
Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)
Librarians
Online instruction
Pandemics
Principals
Public School Teachers
School Libraries
Teacher Attitudes
Teachers
Teaching Experience
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
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Summary:This study was an examination of the immediate effects of remote learning during the COVID-19 shutdown in New Jersey during Spring 2020. This mixed methods study relied on survey data capturing the experiences, difficulties, and successes of 708 New Jersey public school educators during the first few weeks of the school closures. These educators were teachers, administrators, school librarians, and other school personnel. The disruptions of COVID-19 will leave indelible changes on education in New Jersey and beyond, and this research examines the beginning of these changes. The findings indicate that while educators found support from their administration, they also encountered a spectrum of difficulties relating to the absence of face-to-face contact with students, in addition to success in coping with the situation as well as some success that surpassed their experiences of schooling before the shutdown.
ISSN:1360-2357
1573-7608
DOI:10.1007/s10639-021-10598-w