Lessons from the Transition to Pandemic Education in the US: Analyses of Parent, Student, and Educator Experiences

This volume narrates and shares the often-unheard voices of students, parents, and educators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through close analysis of their lived experiences, the book identifies key patterns, pitfalls, and lessons learnt from pandemic education.

Drawing on contributions from all levels of the US education system, the book situates these myriad voices and perspectives within a prismatic theory framework in order to recognise how these views and experiences interconnect. Detailed narrative and phenomenological analysis also call attention to patterns of inequality, reduced social and emotional well-being, pressures on parents, and the role of communication, flexibility, and teacher-led innovation. Chapters are interchanged with interludes that showcase a lyrical and authentic approach to understanding the multiplicity of experience in the text.

Providing a valuable contribution to the contemporary field of pandemic education research, this volume will be of interest to researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in the sociology of education, online teaching and eLearning, and those involved with the digitalization of education at all levels. Those more broadly interested in educational research methods and the effects of home-schooling will also benefit.

Marni E. Fisher is Associate Faculty in the Department of English Education, Saddleback College, USA.

Kimiya Sohrab Maghzi is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of EDSP Programs in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Redlands University, USA.

Charlotte Achieng-Evensen is a K-12 educator and academic, USA.

Meredith A. Dorner is Professor in the Biology department at Irvine Valley College, USA.

Holly Pearson is Visiting Assistant Professor in American Studies, Smith College, USA.

Mina Chun is Assistant Professor of Special Education, Governors State University, USA.