Detailed Information on Publication Record
2020
Mandatory Home Education During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the Czech Republic: A Rapid Survey of 1st-9th Graders' Parents
BROM, Cyril, Jiří LUKAVSKÝ, David GREGER, Tereza HANNEMANN, Jana STRAKOVÁ et. al.Basic information
Original name
Mandatory Home Education During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the Czech Republic: A Rapid Survey of 1st-9th Graders' Parents
Authors
BROM, Cyril (203 Czech Republic), Jiří LUKAVSKÝ (203 Czech Republic), David GREGER, Tereza HANNEMANN, Jana STRAKOVÁ and Roman ŠVAŘÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Frontiers in Education, 2020, 2504-284X
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Country of publisher
Switzerland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
References:
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14210/20:00115928
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
UT WoS
000682698100001
Keywords in English
COVID-19; distance education; education; home education; online education; parental survey; primary; secondary
Tags
Změněno: 15/4/2021 10:58, doc. Mgr. Martin Sedláček, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
Schools have been closed in many countries due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, but education continues online. Little is known about how parents cope with educating their children in this unprecedented situation. Here, we present the results of a rapid survey examining the experience of Czech parents of children in Grades 1–9 (Age ~ 6–15; N = 9,810) with respect to home education during the COVID-19 lockdown. This survey was distributed widely, but only online and parents participated voluntarily. Mainly families with an internet connection and interested in their children's education (i.e., the majority of families with school-aged children in the Czech Republic) took part in the survey. The results show that these families tend to cope well with the current educational situation and view the overall schoolwork transferred to homes as useful. Most children spend 2–4 h a day studying, while parents help them at least half the time. Parents mostly explain task instructions, check the work their children have done, and teach new topics. To a lesser extent, they help their children solve tasks. Teachers appear to assign tasks more often than they provide feedback and/or interact with children. Some parents face difficulties, but those are generally not severe. These include, most notably, a lack of time, issues with technologies, and inadequate teaching skills and content knowledge. Altogether, this work maps the current educational situation in a large segment of Czech families and highlights possible pitfalls to be avoided: in the Czech Republic and beyond.
Links
| MUNI/A/1047/2019, interní kód MU |
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