Classrooms going online: Nordic lower secondary teachers' readiness at the COVID-19 outbreak
The aim of this article is to make visible Nordic lower secondary teachers’ experiences of the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic, guided by three research questions: 1. What challenges and strategies can be identified in teachers’ descriptions of teaching during the pandemic outbreak? 2. What...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7aa79ed69d5d4f7d9c5e50598c22bd3e 2023-05-15T16:51:03+02:00 Classrooms going online: Nordic lower secondary teachers' readiness at the COVID-19 outbreak Marie Nilsberth Anna Slotte Tina Høegh Sólveig Zophoníasdóttir Jenny Högström Annelie Johansson Christina Olin-Scheller Eva Tarander 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.26203/6358-rk88 https://doaj.org/article/7aa79ed69d5d4f7d9c5e50598c22bd3e EN GD eng gla University of Aberdeen, School of Education https://www.abdn.ac.uk/eitn/journal/662/ https://doaj.org/toc/0424-5512 https://doaj.org/toc/2398-0184 https://doi.org/10.26203/6358-rk88 0424-5512 2398-0184 https://doaj.org/article/7aa79ed69d5d4f7d9c5e50598c22bd3e Education in the North, Vol 28, Iss 3, Pp 44-62 (2021) covid-19 digitalization emergency remote teaching teaching practices teacher experiences Education L article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.26203/6358-rk88 2022-12-31T15:16:19Z The aim of this article is to make visible Nordic lower secondary teachers’ experiences of the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic, guided by three research questions: 1. What challenges and strategies can be identified in teachers’ descriptions of teaching during the pandemic outbreak? 2. What appears to be the role of digital technology in these challenges and strategies? 3. How can we understand the readiness and educational priorities of these Nordic schools in this time of crisis? Theoretically, we draw on the three main domains of purposes of education coined by Biesta (2015); qualification, socialisation and subjectification. The empirical data consists of online qualitative interviews with 17 lower secondary teachers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden, teaching in different school subjects. A thematic content analysis was conducted, finding three main areas of challenges in relation to organisation of teaching, classroom dialogue and assessment of student learning. Our analysis makes visible how besides digital readiness, the readiness of the studied schools relied on the teachers' ability to act independently in finding professional solutions in a time of crisis. The teachers did not just sit and wait for instructions on what to do, but took initiatives and managed the situation as best as they could drawing on their professional competence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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The aim of this article is to make visible Nordic lower secondary teachers’ experiences of the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic, guided by three research questions: 1. What challenges and strategies can be identified in teachers’ descriptions of teaching during the pandemic outbreak? 2. What appears to be the role of digital technology in these challenges and strategies? 3. How can we understand the readiness and educational priorities of these Nordic schools in this time of crisis? Theoretically, we draw on the three main domains of purposes of education coined by Biesta (2015); qualification, socialisation and subjectification. The empirical data consists of online qualitative interviews with 17 lower secondary teachers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden, teaching in different school subjects. A thematic content analysis was conducted, finding three main areas of challenges in relation to organisation of teaching, classroom dialogue and assessment of student learning. Our analysis makes visible how besides digital readiness, the readiness of the studied schools relied on the teachers' ability to act independently in finding professional solutions in a time of crisis. The teachers did not just sit and wait for instructions on what to do, but took initiatives and managed the situation as best as they could drawing on their professional competence. |
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Marie Nilsberth Anna Slotte Tina Høegh Sólveig Zophoníasdóttir Jenny Högström Annelie Johansson Christina Olin-Scheller Eva Tarander |
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Marie Nilsberth Anna Slotte Tina Høegh Sólveig Zophoníasdóttir Jenny Högström Annelie Johansson Christina Olin-Scheller Eva Tarander |
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Classrooms going online: Nordic lower secondary teachers' readiness at the COVID-19 outbreak |
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Classrooms going online: Nordic lower secondary teachers' readiness at the COVID-19 outbreak |
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University of Aberdeen, School of Education |
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2021 |
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