Black Ice: Teaching and Learning during COVID 19 - A Reflection
Brian D. Carpenter *
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States.
Jean Vasilko
Greater Johnstown School District, United States.
Jack Murphy
Greater Johnstown School District, United States.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This paper recounts how the beginning of the 2020 pandemic affected schooling, teachers, and teacher education. This short paper recounts how the teachers and educators reacted to and continued working through the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are journal postings, and notes about working with students and teacher education from the shared experience of a cooperating teacher, a student teacher, and a university supervisor.
Keywords: English education, teaching, socio-economics, learning, teacher education