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Jones, Lowri; Hathaway, Tanya; Glover, Alison; Ayres, Julian; Williams, Gwawr and Jones, Mathew (2024). An evaluation of the emergency online teaching provision in Wales’ Initial Teacher Education courses. Welsh Government, Cardiff, Wales.
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Abstract
The purpose of this report was to evaluate the emergency online teaching provision offered by Initial Teacher Education providers in Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, the research makes recommendations which can be used to guide the design and development of future online provision and to develop a research-informed and evidence-based model for the digital enhancement of ITE pedagogy.
The study was a two-phase study, that made use of mixed methods. The first phase drew on qualitative descriptive data from published literature, along with quantitative and qualitative data collected through an online survey to gather opinions of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) and student-teachers about their digital learning experiences. The second phase drew on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with university lecturers who were teaching at a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was undertaken with participants from all ITE partnerships in Wales.