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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

2.1: Teaching in a Pandemic

Introduction:  From the perspective of a Teacher Cadet...

Face-to-Face

  • Advantages:  The main advantage would be that these students' grades remain higher than those who choose to go online. In addition...
  • Disadvantages:  
Online

  • Advantages:
  • Disadvantages:  When those amazing teachable moments happen in class, when the dynamics of student-to-student and teacher-to-student conversations sizzle, these moments are not captured in a Google Meet. Not once can I testify of such epiphanies ever occurring.  Plus, online students miss out on so much of the social skills learned in a face-to-face setting.  Finally, the data shows that online students (at least 70%) do not score near what they did within the classrooms.
Conclusion