“It will change traditional school in a very positive way”: Educators’ perspectives of the Marshallese experience during spring 2020 remote learning

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all of the educators who gave their time to help us understand their experiences.

Additional information

Funding

This research was funded by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Arkansas, #2005267082.

Notes on contributors

Vicki S. Collet

Vicki S. Collet is Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Arkansas. Her research focuses on preservice and inservice teacher professional development. As a Fulbright Global Scholar, Collet explores how Lesson Study can be adapted to reflect and respect varied cultures and contexts.

Elise Berman

Elise Berman is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She specializes in linguistic, cultural, and psychological anthropology and works with Marshallese in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and the USA.