The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to understand the types of mental health supports described in school district reopening plans in one southeastern state, and to understand school social workers' involvement in developing these plans during the first full academic year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Publicly accessible school…

Background: Online learning has recently surged due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Because of the pandemic, many universities were forced to move to online learning, and various online teaching and learning environments emerged, both asynchronous and synchronous. Objective: This study explores how a large university in the Southeastern United…

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to gain an understanding of how veteran elementary level teachers perceive burnout as they understand their self-efficacy while returning to face-to-face instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, veteran teachers shared their lived experiences which included increased workloads, a need…

The topic of cheating at the college level has received greater attention since the 2019 pandemic. This is in part because countless institutions of higher education switched many of their live/inperson classes to an online learning format. In comparing cheating in live classes to online classes during the 2020-2021 academic year, our survey study…

This report presents a summary of the vast array of activities that comprised the 2022-23 accreditation year for all Commission-approved educator preparation programs. Currently, there are 252 Commission approved program sponsors offering 878 different and active educator preparation programs and many of those are offered through various pathways.…

Nowadays, the rapid development of ICT has brought more flexible forms that push the boundaries of classic teaching methodology. This paper is an analysis of online teaching and learning forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared with traditional education approaches. In this regard, we assessed the performance of students studying in the…

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected higher education, but when learning shifted to an online environment it provided an opportunity to gain insight into how classroom format influences student performance and preferences. Thus, our objective was to assess student performance across classroom types, along with student perceptions of…

Objective: This study aimed to identify the factors that affected health profession students' emergency transition during the COVID-19 pandemic and to explore strategies that may help students be better prepared for any future health crises. Participants: This study population included 73 students that were originally enrolled in one online…

Since the beginning of the global pandemic in early 2020, online learning has largely replaced face-to-face learning worldwide. In Jordan, online learning has been implemented using various online tools and platforms. The purpose of the present study was to ascertain the attitudes of 579 undergraduate students in Jordan toward online learning,…

The transition to fully online delivery in the COVID-19 pandemic has added to already existing and significant challenges in subjects and programs that require a component of practicum, on-site experience or hands-on laboratory work. This article presents initial results from a study that responds to challenges arising in moving to a fully online…

Centered on the testimonios, "a narration marked by the urgency to make public a situation of oppression or injustice and of resistance against that same condition" (Forcinito, 2016, p. 239) of four female frontline workers employed at a private bilingual high school in a city in Honduras, this ethnographic study provides details and…

Objective: To assess the academic resilience of Doctor of Pharmacy students returning to in-person classes post-COVID for their first professional year of study. Methods: The validated Academic Pharmacy Resilience Scale (APRS-16) was sent electronically to all first professional year Doctor of Pharmacy students who had completed most of their…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, academic advisors worked remotely and conducted virtual appointments. One higher education advising unit in the Southeast United States resumed in-person appointments while maintaining virtual appointments in Fall 2021. To address whether significant differences occur in appointment modalities, this study conducted…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant long-term impact on education worldwide. In many countries, schools and universities experienced a rapid switch to emergency remote teaching and learning (ERTL), which affected many education systems in the 2020-21 school year. This was true for the Italian educational context as a whole, including…

Intercultural competence (IC) has been identified as a crucial outcome of world language education. The purpose of the study is to compare possible differences in IC development between face-to-face and asynchronous virtual modes of delivery that were taken as emergency measures early in the COVID-19 pandemic for a beginning Italian course with…