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A teacher perspective on using a hybrid virtual classroom for students with a chronic illness in mainstream primary and secondary schools

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Teachers’ beliefs and experiences were explored when using videoconferencing at mainstream schools to provide distance learning to students with a chronic illness (SCIs) in a hybrid virtual classroom (HVC). Seventy-seven primary and secondary teachers participated in this study, involving a semi-structured interview and a survey. Teachers found the HVC useful to achieve continuity of learning, to support the social well-being of SCIs and to facilitate school re-entry. A multiple regression analysis showed that perceived usefulness and the actions teachers undertook to foster collaboration and communication between SCIs and their school were related to perceived engagement of SCIs. Primary school teachers enhanced significantly more activities to support interaction between SCIs and their classmates than secondary school teachers.

Source: Technology Pedagogy and Education

DOI: 10.1080/1475939x.2022.2033824

Authors: Silvia Klunder, Nadira Saab, Wilfried Admiraal

Institutions: Leiden University, Leiden University Medical Center, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University

Language: English

Topic: Online and Blended Learning

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4210522647

FWCI: 6.881

Cites: 43

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10