Date of Award
2-8-2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Educational Leadership, Ed.D.
First Advisor
Gary Railsback
Committee Members
Alicia Shaw; Nicole Covey; Rhonda MacDonald
Call Number
LD 251 .A566d 2021 Y68
Abstract
In March of 2020 the Covid-19 Pandemic changed the world in education as we knew it. Schools, along with businesses and public venues around the world shut their doors in order to attempt to slow the spread of the virus. Just because the brick-and-mortar buildings were being closed did not mean that schooling would stop. Teachers and students from around the globe transitioned to online or virtual instruction in an attempt to continue educating the future generations. Prior to that time only 3% of primary schools in the United States offered any course entirely online to students according to the National Center for Educational Statistics (2018). Through a quantitative approach, this research study focuses on the perceptions of online learning versus traditional in person instruction of teachers and parents in grades kindergarten through six. A survey was sent out to three school districts in Northeast Arkansas to gain insight on what it has been like for teachers and parents of elementary age students during the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of the survey showed no statistical significance as both teachers and parents strongly perceived face-to-face instruction as opposed to online instruction for K-6 students as the preferred and effective method of instruction.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Young, David Russell, "K-6 Teacher and Parent Perceptions of Face-to-Face versus Virtual Instruction During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2022). Student Theses and Dissertations. 258.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/258
