Disruption, Transformation, Resilience, and Hope: The Experience of a Belizean Community during COVID-19 Lockdown

Abstract

This qualitative research explored the lived experience of teachers, school administrators, parents, and children in Belize, Central America during the COVID-19 lockdown. Through field notes, correspondence, and interviews, a narrative approach was leveraged to convey the impact of two years away from classrooms and from each other. Both the trauma and loss of this disruption on global literacy, along with three forces that nourished thecapacity for resilience, were examined.