Practices and challenges of virtual teaching at community schools
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Abstract
The present study entitled Practices and Challenges of Virtual Teaching at
Community Schools aims to explore the practices of teachers for online-virtual
teaching at government schools of Nuwakot district. It also aims to find out the
challenges of virtual teaching through the study. Furthermore, research aims to
suggest some pedagogical implications of the study. The research adopted the mixed
research approach to carry out the investigation under survey research design. The
sample population for the study were the teachers working in the community schools
of Nuwakot District. The sampling procedure was random sampling. The researcher
applied a set of questionnaire with close ended and open ended questions as tools of
data collection. The data collected via both open and close ended questionnaires from
the sample population has been genuinely appreciated that helped to complete this
research work. The study found practice of virtual teaching less effective due to
various challenges as like: lack of sufficient technical devices, internet access issues,
digital literacy issues, poor school infrastructure, lack of training, and lack of
technical as well as administrative support from the schools to the teachers. No any
school ran the online virtual class fully even during the lockdown days. So is the case
found even at present day in the selected government schools.
This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the
introduction of the study along with the background of the study, statement of the
problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study,
delimitations of the study and definition of the key terms. The second chapter consists
of review of related theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications
of the review for the study and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter is
about methodology and procedures consisting of research design, research tools,
sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures and ethical
considerations. Furthermore, the fourth chapter is about results and discussions along
with the analysis and interpretation of the data and findings. Moreover, the fifth
chapter presents the conclusions and implications related to the policy level, practice
level and further research of the study on the basis of the findings. At the last but not
the least, the references and appendices are included on the research.