COVID-19 did not damage the relationship with families, according to leaders and teachers in compulsory schools
The first wave of COVID-19 in Iceland lasted from March to May in 2020. Around 92% of the compulsory schools remained open, albeit with some restrictions in order to minimize the risk of spreading the pandemic amongst school children. These restrictions included grouping students and organising thei...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3323 2023-08-20T04:07:34+02:00 COVID-19 did not damage the relationship with families, according to leaders and teachers in compulsory schools Tengslin við heimilin trosnuðu merkilega lítið í fyrstu bylgju COVID-19: Sjónarhorn stjórnenda og grunnskólakennara Jónsdóttir, Kristín 2021-02-18 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/3323 isl ice Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/3323/2000 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/3323 Copyright (c) 2021 Netla Netla - english edition; 2020: Sérrit 2020 - Menntakerfi og heimili á tímum COVID-19 Netla; 2020: Sérrit 2020 - Menntakerfi og heimili á tímum COVID-19 1670-0244 COVID-19 home-school relations compulsory schools equity shool development tengsl heimila og skóla grunnskólar jafnrétti skólaþróun info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 fticelandunivojs 2023-08-01T12:29:24Z The first wave of COVID-19 in Iceland lasted from March to May in 2020. Around 92% of the compulsory schools remained open, albeit with some restrictions in order to minimize the risk of spreading the pandemic amongst school children. These restrictions included grouping students and organising their attendance in school at different times or days. The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture did not organise attendance in school centrally but was active in the discussion of best solutions. Local authorities and school leaders made the decisions, thus solutions diverged between schools and school districts, although all students were expected to study at home to compensate for time not spent at school. Schools also responded by increasing information to parents and almost all of them started some kind of distance teaching to support students when they were supposed to study at home. Neither children nor their parents are a homogeneous group and these changes in compulsory schooling affected families in different ways.Researchers on the impact of COVID-19 on compulsory schooling and school children have already revealed negative effects. Children belonging to lower SES groups were more likely than other children to lack support from their schools, and during school closures in Britain and Ireland, parents’ educational level also influenced the material they received from teachers to assist their children (Bayrakdar & Guveli, 2020; Doyle, 2020). In Norway schools closed for six weeks in spring 2020 but then gradually opened again. Scientists from health and educational institutions in Norway pointed out that evidence for the effect of school closures on the reduction of COVID-19 disease burden is limited, while the negative consequences of school closures include the real risks of deepening social, economic and health inequities (Johansen et al., 2020). The authorities stated that rules or guidelines, they had provided on safe reopening of schools, were perceived as reassuring for the concerned parents and ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Doyle ENVELOPE(-65.300,-65.300,-66.000,-66.000) Johansen ENVELOPE(67.217,67.217,-70.544,-70.544) Norway |
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The first wave of COVID-19 in Iceland lasted from March to May in 2020. Around 92% of the compulsory schools remained open, albeit with some restrictions in order to minimize the risk of spreading the pandemic amongst school children. These restrictions included grouping students and organising their attendance in school at different times or days. The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture did not organise attendance in school centrally but was active in the discussion of best solutions. Local authorities and school leaders made the decisions, thus solutions diverged between schools and school districts, although all students were expected to study at home to compensate for time not spent at school. Schools also responded by increasing information to parents and almost all of them started some kind of distance teaching to support students when they were supposed to study at home. Neither children nor their parents are a homogeneous group and these changes in compulsory schooling affected families in different ways.Researchers on the impact of COVID-19 on compulsory schooling and school children have already revealed negative effects. Children belonging to lower SES groups were more likely than other children to lack support from their schools, and during school closures in Britain and Ireland, parents’ educational level also influenced the material they received from teachers to assist their children (Bayrakdar & Guveli, 2020; Doyle, 2020). In Norway schools closed for six weeks in spring 2020 but then gradually opened again. Scientists from health and educational institutions in Norway pointed out that evidence for the effect of school closures on the reduction of COVID-19 disease burden is limited, while the negative consequences of school closures include the real risks of deepening social, economic and health inequities (Johansen et al., 2020). The authorities stated that rules or guidelines, they had provided on safe reopening of schools, were perceived as reassuring for the concerned parents and ... |
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