“Everybody is their own island”: Teacher disconnection in a virtual school

Virtual schooling is a recent phenomenon in K-12 online learning. As such, the roles of the online teachers are emerging and differ from those of the traditional classroom teacher. Using qualitative interviews of eight virtual high school teachers, this study explored teachers’ perceptions of their...

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Autores principales:	Abigail Hawkins, Michael K Barbour, Charles R Graham
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2012
Materias:	virtual schooling K-12 online learning online teaching teacher-student interaction disconnection Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:37bb568b52534322abca6e667143acfa2021-12-02T17:00:17Z“Everybody is their own island”: Teacher disconnection in a virtual school10.19173/irrodl.v13i2.9671492-3831https://doaj.org/article/37bb568b52534322abca6e667143acfa2012-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/967https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 Virtual schooling is a recent phenomenon in K-12 online learning. As such, the roles of the online teachers are emerging and differ from those of the traditional classroom teacher. Using qualitative interviews of eight virtual high school teachers, this study explored teachers’ perceptions of their online teaching role. Teachers expressed a sense of disconnection from their students, the profession, and their peers as a result of limited interactions due to significant institutional barriers. Researchers discuss the implications of this disconnection as well as future avenues for research. Abigail HawkinsMichael K BarbourCharles R GrahamAthabasca University Pressarticlevirtual schoolingK-12 online learningonline teachingteacher-student interactiondisconnectionSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 13, Iss 2 (2012)
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description	Virtual schooling is a recent phenomenon in K-12 online learning. As such, the roles of the online teachers are emerging and differ from those of the traditional classroom teacher. Using qualitative interviews of eight virtual high school teachers, this study explored teachers’ perceptions of their online teaching role. Teachers expressed a sense of disconnection from their students, the profession, and their peers as a result of limited interactions due to significant institutional barriers. Researchers discuss the implications of this disconnection as well as future avenues for research.
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“Everybody is their own island”: Teacher disconnection in a virtual school

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