Issues and Pathway Optimization for Online Teaching in Elementary Schools

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhve.202516602

Author(s)

Haihong Li, Ailan Peng

Affiliation(s)

School of Foreign Languages, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China

Abstract

With the deep integration of digital tools, platforms, and resources into education, online teaching represented by MOOCs and SPOCs has broken the temporal and spatial limitations of traditional education, becoming an integral part of modern education. This paper focuses on the challenges and optimization paths of online teaching in primary education, adopting an analytical framework of “advantages-shortcomings-improvement strategies”. It first clarifies the flexibility and resource accessibility of online teaching, then deeply analyzes its prominent problems: difficulty in ensuring concise and effective teaching, inadequate use of internet tools due to teachers’ technical competence gaps and interactive tool adaptation issues, challenges in tracking students’ learning progress and outcomes caused by lack of face-to-face interaction, and inadequate supervision. To address these issues, the paper proposes targeted optimization strategies: integrating teaching resources through precise screening, systematic classification, platform linkage, and dynamic updates; prioritizing students’ emotional well-being; enhancing learning engagement via contextualized teaching; improving assessment and feedback mechanisms; and strengthening home-school collaboration. The research aims to promote the transformation of primary school online teaching from passive reception to active participation, optimize teaching effectiveness, and provide practical references for the high-quality development of online education in primary schools.

Keywords

Online Teaching; Teaching Challenges; Path Optimization; Resource Integration

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