Participant 367-381 Community Conversations Focus Group
Date
2021-02-03
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Publisher
Trenton, N.J.: New Jersey State Library
Abstract
Description
In this focus group and class discussion, participants share challenges they have faced with remote learning including not having stable internet access, lack of extracurricular activities, lack of motivation, and having distractions at home. Participants also share that the virtual learning environment is not conducive to learning for students with disabilities. They talk about witnessing their peers playing outside or playing video games when they are supposed to be attending virtual class, because there is not enough accountability to keep students engaged in their studies. Participants express hesitations about the safety and affordability of the COVID-19 vaccines. Participants are fearful of a second wave of the pandemic, viral mutation, and going back to normal pre-maturely.
Keywords
Challenges with Remote Schooling_Virtual Learning for Children, Vaccine for COVID-19, Children, Social and Economic Factors, Unpredictability, Education, Social Disconnect - Social Isolation and Loneliness, Frustrations with Lack of Adherence, Negative Mental Health Outcomes, Disabled Individuals, Factors Impacting the Digital Divide, Employment, Those Left out of Virus Response, Positive Outlook, COVID-19 Health Behaviors, Cumberland Co. (N.J.), New Jersey, COVID-19 Pandemic