ERIC Number: EJ1425777
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-8431
EISSN: EISSN-1532-771X
Remote Schooling during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rural Latino Caregiver Perspectives and Experiences
Jorge E. Gonzalez; Mariana Vazquez; Francisco Usero Gonzalez; Rebecca Sanchez; Jacqueline R. Anderson; Stephanie Kriescher; Jeff Carter; Rosie Bumgardner
Journal of Latinos and Education, v23 n3 p1035-1046 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic forced more than 50 million students and their families to adapt to remote schooling. Most disrupted were communities of color, who faced multiple and overlapping inequalities in digital and equipment access, exposing and exacerbating existing disparities. Conducted in a small rural school district, this study surveyed the experiences of rural Spanish-speaking Latino caregivers. A total of 104 caregivers responded to a survey assessing caregiver digital literacy and access, school support, caregiver-teacher relationship and communication, and caregiver values, expectations, and teaching efficacy. Findings highlighted wide disparities in digital access and availability of equipment or devices compared to recent reports of more affluent White caregivers. Findings also highlighted that strong caregiver-teacher relationships were important for helping caregivers to navigate children's instruction during remote instruction. While student learning losses have yet to be fully assessed, hints at the full impact of school closures for rural linguistically and culturally diverse families are available from other countries, and they suggest that learning losses will be much greater for children from disadvantaged families than the population at large.
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics, Rural Areas, Hispanic Americans, Caregivers, Experience, Distance Education, Digital Literacy, Family School Relationship, Access to Computers, Spanish Speaking, Elementary School Students, Equal Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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