Open AccessMiddle School Students’ Opinions Regarding Their Educational Experience during Covid-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Alexandra Ioana Oltean
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
educaţia 21
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2247-8671
pISSN - 1841-0456
DOI - 10.24193/ed21.2020.19.06
Subject(s) - social distance , pandemic , feeling , covid-19 , context (archaeology) , closure (psychology) , public relations , psychology , order (exchange) , distancing , social isolation , isolation (microbiology) , sociology , pedagogy , political science , social psychology , medicine , business , geography , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , archaeology , finance , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , psychotherapist , biology
The Covid-19 Pandemic has affected everyone’s life. The main activity fields of each society were strongly impacted by the different measures imposed by authorities in order to limit and prevent the extension of this new disease. Students are one of the vulnerable categories, influenced significantly by this situation since one of the social distancing measures implemented in most countries refers to school closure and classes suspension. The transition to online education undertaken in this context was a temporary solution, a quick fix, and its long-term implications need to be studied within further research. We asked a small group of middle school students to share their thoughts, feelings and opinions regarding their educational experiences during the pandemic. Students shared valuable aspects that need to be taken into consideration in order to optimize future distance learning approaches, but also the ones specific to traditional education. Rethinking education has become one of the major present goals, since education has profound, long-term implications over all other fields of the society.