University Affiliation
Faculty
Document Type
Article
Publication/Creation Date
8-18-2021
Description
As of March 31, 2020, the closure of schools in 192 countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic had resulted in over 1.6 billion learners being temporarily forced out of school buildings. New educational inequities arose, and existing ones were exacerbated. Acknowledging that disruption may also stimulate innovation, the purpose of this qualitative research was to identify possible improvements in middle grades teachers’ practices as they enacted emergency remote instruction. Through narrative responses provided to an online survey administered between May 27 and June 19, 2020, 332 middle grades educators self-identified aspects of their teaching practice that improved while teaching remotely. Findings included deepened knowledge of individual learners; increased individualized instruction; greater opportunities for student choice and self-pace; more timely assessment feedback; enhanced family engagement; and increased technology skills. Implications of this study for educational practice, and for school scheduling in particular, are examined.
Publication Title
Research in Middle Level Education Online
Publisher
Routledge
Issue Number
Issue 7
Volume Number
Volume 44
Item Identifier
COVID-19_Teaching, Learning & Research_2021_10_25a
File Format
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Penny A. Bishop (2021) Middle Grades Teacher Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic, RMLE Online, 44:7, 1-18, DOI: 10.1080/19404476.2021.1959832
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Repository Citation
Bishop, Penny A., "Middle Grades Teacher Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021). College of Education and Human Development. 5.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/c19_ehd/5