Learnings from the Impact of Online Learning on Elementary Students' Mental and Social-emotional Well-being Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

<p>This research examined practices that might foster students’ mental and emotional well-being, quality relationships among students and staff and safe and inclusive school climates through online platforms, especially during times of crisis such as during the COVID 19 pandemic. In order to achieve that goal, this study sought to identify the kinds of protective and risk factors that help or hinder students’ ability to cope and thrive, through a scholarly framework of Critical Race Theory (Yosso, 2005), Online Learning (Hughes, 2004) and Social-emotional Learning (Durlak et al., 2011). The researcher conducted personal interviews with a variety of educators serving at largely low-income public primary schools and mostly bilingual and non-native English-speaking parents in Marin County. The findings of these interviews highlighted that students don’t equate to academic selves, that the level of expected responsiveness was surprisingly high while online, and that new connections and social and emotional support systems emerged. These findings have important implications for understanding how teachers and educational professionals iterate their practices of online learning going forward.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Hamzeh, Nadeen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Matthew E. Davis, PhD
• Katherine Lewis, PhD

• Online learning
• Social Emotional Learning
• Well-being
• Mental health
• COVID-19
• Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.dominican.edu/education-masters-theses/36

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.dominican.edu:education-masters-theses-1034