Share Paper: Using Student Voice to Examine Teacher Practices at a Cyber Charter High School

  1. Jered Borup, George Mason University, United States
  2. Mark Stevens, George Mason University, United States
Wednesday, November 16 11:35-11:55 AM Edison C

Abstract: Efforts to identify K-12 online instructional best practices and standards have been limited because they largely ignored students’ voice—the primary stakeholder in any educational context. In this case study we conducted 20 interviews among 10 students enrolled in a cyber charter high school. Qualitative analysis of interviews found that students valued teachers’ efforts to nurture caring relationships, monitor and motivate their engagement, provide personalized instruction, and design and organize engaging learning activities. However, students found that teachers varied in their abilities to effectively perform these activities and provided recommendations to improve how courses were designed and how teachers interacted with ...