Helping Teachers to Respond to COVID-19 in the Eastern Caribbean: Issues of Readiness, Equity and Care

Autor/inn/en	Leacock, Coreen J.; Warrican, S. Joel
Titel	Helping Teachers to Respond to COVID-19 in the Eastern Caribbean: Issues of Readiness, Equity and Care
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 46 (2020) 4, S.576-585 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Leacock, Coreen J.) ORCID (Warrican, S. Joel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-7476
DOI	10.1080/02607476.2020.1803733
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Electronic Learning; School Closing; Coping; Readiness; Equal Education; Caring; Well Being; Caribbean + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Bewältigung; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Education in the Eastern Caribbean has been heavily influenced by the colonial history of the sub-region. In recent years though, in recognition of the fact that the traditional approaches to teaching and learning are no longer meeting the needs of present-day students, there have been calls for change to more student-friendly ones, with electronic technology playing a significant role. However, the resistance to certain types of devices in the classroom has contributed to the slow uptake of widespread use of electronic technology and the online environment as a mode for teaching and learning. The closure of schools due to the advent of COVID-19 pandemic forced education systems in the region to turn to the online environment to engage students in educational activities. Students, teachers and other education officials had to face their apprehensions and venture into this space for schooling. This paper describes actions taken by the Eastern Caribbean Joint Board of Teacher Education to help teachers cope with this different learning environment, guided by the concepts of teacher readiness, equity relating to access of resources and providing caring support for all affected. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01