ERIC Number: ED650163
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 140
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COVID-19 and Remote Learning Barriers for the Black Population: A Phenomenological Study
Hope L. Rivera Matthews
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
The problem that was researched was the impact of COVID-19 on Black children whom lived in poverty, and more narrowly in homelessness and unstable housing. This study focused on how online learning, lack of internet access, lack of stable housing and lack of necessary academic resources severely impacted the overall learning process for black child (Fusaro et al. 2018). Research from Fusaro et al. (2018) implicated that low socioeconomic status is linked to emotional stress, poor academic performance, and maladaptive behaviors in Black child learners. Cultural differences within the Black community and the lack of pedagogical methods that are inclusive of Black immigrant populations, also pose a threat to academic success, during a pandemic and endemic, as seen in past public health emergencies (Fusaro et al. 2018). An intricate part of the problem statement for this study was that Black families' experiences not only as immigrants in the United States but as people of color, are severely impacted and influenced by family structures, interpersonal relationships, low socioeconomic status, poverty, childhood experiences, mass incarcerations, self-degradation, racial bias, misconceptions, and predilections about their everyday lives as well as their overall ability to learn (Taylor et al. 2019). Garcia et al. (2020) provided even more of a basis for examining the ability to learn through the ecological lenses, by explaining that individual development is influenced by the environment and is impacted by personal characteristics, parent involvement, and achievement in school, which has an influence on overall child development. Furthermore, in the discussion of the basis for this research it is significant to note that social psychological traits, family-level deviations as it pertains to home life structure and influences in as well as out of school have the potential to impact Black children's progress. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, African American Students, Barriers, Distance Education, Poverty, Online Courses, Access to Computers, Internet, Housing, Resources, At Risk Students, Cultural Differences, Family Structure, Interpersonal Relationship, Racism, Trauma
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