From the Field: Education Research During a Pandemic. (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: DeMatthews, David; Knight, David; Reyes, Pedro; Benedict, Amber; Callahan, Rebecca
• Is Part Of: Educational researcher. Volume 49:Number 6(2020)
• Page Start: 398
• Page End: 402
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: policy -- policy analysis -- professional development -- research utilization; Education -- Periodicals; Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Education -- Research -- Periodicals; Education -- Research -- Methodology -- Periodicals; 370.72
• DOI: 10.3102/0013189X20938761
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-189X

Abstract

Education researchers have been impacted by COVID-19 as school closures interrupted ongoing education research, including clinical trials, case study and ethnographic inquiry in schools, and longitudinal studies using federal, state, or district administrative data. The recommendations we present here focus on immediate and future actions education researchers can take to support public health and educational institutions dealing with a pandemic. Clearly not exhaustive, our recommendations are intended to prompt the education research community to collectively consider how the field's efforts can both inform the knowledge base and support frontline educators and health care researchers dealing with COVID-19.