Secondary School Students’ Perspective on Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Year: 2024
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Education systems worldwide attempted to organize different forms of teaching and learning in a virtual environment in order to ensure schooling continuity during the pandemic.Early studies showed that teachers organized teaching activities in an online environment with varying success, depending on their digital competences, technical resources, and the support of students' parents, schools, and education authorities.In this paper, we present a part of qualitative research on how social circumstances shaped teaching and learning as the key components of the educational process as viewed from the perspective of secondary school students.Two research questions were formulated: Which teaching strategies and practices did teachers use during the COVID-19 pandemic?and What were students' attitudes towards teaching and learning under these extraordinary circumstances?We organized four focus groups with 27 students aged 16 and 17 and employed a group interview guide comprising questions on class organization, learning resources, grading, and teacher behavior.Discussions were audio-recorded and transcribed, and an inductive thematic analysis was conducted on the gathered data.The analysis yielded 11 response categories, grouped into three themes: Supportive vs. Unsupportive Teacher; Pandemic Learning Style; and Pandemic Grading Style.The results
Authors: Ivana D. Đerić, Dušica M. Malinić
Institution: Institute for Educational Research
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4407052872