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Reflecting on Self-Reflection: Overcoming the Challenges of Online Teaching in a Romanian School Through Action Research

Reflecting on Self-Reflection: Overcoming the Challenges of Online Teaching in a Romanian School Through Action Research

Andreea Roxana Bell, Diana Elena Banu, Constanța Bordea, Elena Corina Bularca, Elena Diana Lazăr, Lorena Mirela Spuderca
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781799869221|ISBN10: 1799869229|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799869238|EISBN13: 9781799869245
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6922-1.ch014
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Bell, Andreea Roxana, et al. "Reflecting on Self-Reflection: Overcoming the Challenges of Online Teaching in a Romanian School Through Action Research." Handbook of Research on the Global Empowerment of Educators and Student Learning Through Action Research, edited by Alina Slapac, et al., IGI Global, 2021, pp. 316-342. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6922-1.ch014

APA

Bell, A. R., Banu, D. E., Bordea, C., Bularca, E. C., Lazăr, E. D., & Spuderca, L. M. (2021). Reflecting on Self-Reflection: Overcoming the Challenges of Online Teaching in a Romanian School Through Action Research. In A. Slapac, P. Balcerzak, & K. O'Brien (Eds.), Handbook of Research on the Global Empowerment of Educators and Student Learning Through Action Research (pp. 316-342). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6922-1.ch014

Chicago

Bell, Andreea Roxana, et al. "Reflecting on Self-Reflection: Overcoming the Challenges of Online Teaching in a Romanian School Through Action Research." In Handbook of Research on the Global Empowerment of Educators and Student Learning Through Action Research, edited by Alina Slapac, Phyllis Balcerzak, and Kathryn O'Brien, 316-342. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6922-1.ch014

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the challenges of online teaching faced by six English teachers in a state school in Romania in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. As first-time action researchers, these teachers self-reflected on their challenges to make sense of their experiences as they transitioned from face-to-face to online teaching in a collaborative research self-study. Reflective practice is the conceptual framework within which the complexities and tensions of online teaching will be explored, as well as the process by which the authors have responded to the social and technological changes caused by the pandemic. Excerpts from the authors' voices highlight their personal views and experiences as online teachers. It is hoped that not only will this self-study reflection-in-action research provide some useful lessons regarding online teaching, but it will also showcase the benefits of collaboration and reflective practice and the action it led to.

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