Four Tales of One Pandemic: Comparing Four Gifted Education Teachers' Experiences Teaching During COVID-19

• In Event: Teacher and Gifted Student Perceptions and Experiences

Abstract

In this qualitative study, I provide a basic interpretive analysis of the experiences of four gifted education teachers as they taught gifted classes during the 2020-2021 school year. The main research question focuses on; How did these four gifted program educators experience teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic? The three sub-facets explored are: 1) What challenges did you experience teaching during COVID-19? 2) What went well teaching during this time? 3) What do you feel has changed because of COVID? The data was coded and analyzed using a social-constructivist framework (Burr, 2015). Though each teacher experienced the pandemic in different ways this paper discusses some of the similar challenges, successes, and lessons learned from the disruption of COVID.

Author

• Kenneth J. Wright, University of Connecticut
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