“This is the first time as a foreigner that I have had such a strong connection to the state”: Parents’ voices on Icelandic school staying open in the time of COVID-19
Iceland is one of a handful of countries that elected to keep their preschools and compulsory schools at least partially open throughout the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. By doing so, Icelandic officials sought to maintain a sense of routine for children and minimize the social and economic c...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3333 2023-08-20T04:07:27+02:00 “This is the first time as a foreigner that I have had such a strong connection to the state”: Parents’ voices on Icelandic school staying open in the time of COVID-19 „Þetta er í fyrsta skipti sem ég, sem útlendingur, hef svo sterk tengsl við hið opinbera“: Raddir foreldra um að íslenskir skólar héldust opnir á tímum COVID-19 Lay, Elizabeth B. Halldórsdóttir, Brynja Elísabeth 2021-02-18 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/3333 isl ice Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/3333/2008 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/3333 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 in Iceland public trust school operations parents social capital social networks COVID-19 á Íslandi traust almennings skólastarf foreldrar félagsauður félagsnet info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 fticelandunivojs 2023-08-01T12:29:24Z Iceland is one of a handful of countries that elected to keep their preschools and compulsory schools at least partially open throughout the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. By doing so, Icelandic officials sought to maintain a sense of routine for children and minimize the social and economic complications now threatening other nations after months of school closures. This study explores how parents responded to the government strategy of continuing children’s schooling in a time of crisis. We aim to understand parents’ perspectives based on their levels of trust and the strength of their information and social network by asking how they accessed and interpreted information from Icelandic authorities during this time. Using social capital theory, we examine parents’ confidence in the government response strategy, their connectedness to Icelandic societal norms, and their social and economic concerns due to an unprecedented global crisis. We conducted an online survey in May 2020, with closed-ended and open-ended questions targeting Icelandic and immigrant parents, yielding 356 completed responses and accounting for 569 preschool and compulsory-age children. Most respondents were female and well-educated, and about half were native Icelandic and half were with an immigrant background. Findings indicate that the majority of the Icelandic and immigrant parents who responded were optimistic and trusted the schools’ and authorities’ recommendations. While few parents felt the burden of further exposing their children to infection, there was a strong societal pressure to follow social norms and behavior as recommended by the Icelandic authorities and keep children in school. This study contributes to our understanding of the significance of parental social networks for civic engagement in the time of COVID-19. Ísland var eitt fárra landa þar sem leik- og grunnskólum var haldið opnum að hluta til á meðan fyrsta bylgja COVID-19 heimsfaraldursins reið yfir. Markmið þessarar rannsóknar er að kanna hvernig foreldrar ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals |
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Iceland is one of a handful of countries that elected to keep their preschools and compulsory schools at least partially open throughout the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. By doing so, Icelandic officials sought to maintain a sense of routine for children and minimize the social and economic complications now threatening other nations after months of school closures. This study explores how parents responded to the government strategy of continuing children’s schooling in a time of crisis. We aim to understand parents’ perspectives based on their levels of trust and the strength of their information and social network by asking how they accessed and interpreted information from Icelandic authorities during this time. Using social capital theory, we examine parents’ confidence in the government response strategy, their connectedness to Icelandic societal norms, and their social and economic concerns due to an unprecedented global crisis. We conducted an online survey in May 2020, with closed-ended and open-ended questions targeting Icelandic and immigrant parents, yielding 356 completed responses and accounting for 569 preschool and compulsory-age children. Most respondents were female and well-educated, and about half were native Icelandic and half were with an immigrant background. Findings indicate that the majority of the Icelandic and immigrant parents who responded were optimistic and trusted the schools’ and authorities’ recommendations. While few parents felt the burden of further exposing their children to infection, there was a strong societal pressure to follow social norms and behavior as recommended by the Icelandic authorities and keep children in school. This study contributes to our understanding of the significance of parental social networks for civic engagement in the time of COVID-19. Ísland var eitt fárra landa þar sem leik- og grunnskólum var haldið opnum að hluta til á meðan fyrsta bylgja COVID-19 heimsfaraldursins reið yfir. Markmið þessarar rannsóknar er að kanna hvernig foreldrar ... |
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