Post-Hurricane Schooling in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and an Adapted Hierarchy of Needs

• In Event: Democratizing Evidence in Education: The Voices and Experiences of Teachers and School Leaders

Abstract

In this study, researchers applied narrative inquiry to describe and understand significant experiences and insights of educators and graduated adult students in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as they attempted to re-engage in formal schooling following the effects of two devastating hurricanes in September 2017. Researchers viewed participant responses through a conceptual framework that melded the ethics of critique, justice, care, and the profession described by Shapiro and Stefkovich with an adaptation of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Findings suggest insights into ways that educators apply personal and professional values as they attempt to resume schooling in the aftermath of personal and community disasters.

Authors

• James F Lane, University of Phoenix

• Shaquanah Robinson, University of Phoenix

• Alyncia M. Bowen, Franklin University

• Denise Rattigan, University of Phoenix

• Belinda J. Moses, Wayne County Community College