Uncovering the classroom silence

by Cathy Faulkner and Fiona Hartley

A lack of student engagement as a result of less interaction in online lessons during the Covid pandemic is documented (Aljahromi, 2020). Less has been written about the continuing lack of oral participation upon return to the physical classroom, although anecdotally this legacy would seem to be very real. Perhaps enforced periods of isolation have affected young adults’ ability to collaborate in the co-construction of knowledge with their peers. (more…)