Teaching During Times of Turmoil: Ensuring Continuity of Learning During School Closures

• In Event: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Education Systems Around the World

Abstract

This study, the final in the series, provides a national overview of each phase of the K-12 response to the pandemic from the initial and immediate school closures in Spring 2020 through the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years for each province and territory. It argues that we should not simply return to our teaching and learning practices prior to the pandemic, as teaching and learning landscapes are not dichotomous (i.e., in-person or online). Rather, teaching and learning today requires the flexibility to navigate multiple learning landscapes simultaneously. Yet few, if any, jurisdictions have taken the steps necessary to ensure that teachers and schools can toggle between in-person and remote learning with no loss of instructional quantity or quality.

Authors

• Michael Kristopher Barbour, Touro University - California
  Presenting Author

• Randy LaBonte, Canadian E-Learning Network
  Non-Presenting Author