דפים 212 | 79 Remote education : Educators in class WhatsApp groups during the first COVID - 19 lockdown in Israel Gilat Cohen, Noy Cohen Hadad The timing of this research, conducted during the first COVID - 19 lockdown, provided an opportunity to expand insights about the role of class educator, which is unique to Israel, and is different from that of homeroom teacher . The research focuses on the perceptions of class educators and their functioning, as was reflected in their remote emergency education using class WhatsApp groups . The participants were six high - school class educators who agreed to share all the screenshots of their classes ' WhatsApp group communication during two of the lockdown weeks . After the researchers reviewed the screenshots, they conducted semi - structured interviews with the participants . Content analysis was done . The educators used the WhatsApp groups to promote learning : they updated students about tasks and activities, promoted discipline and tas...
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