Parents’ attitudes towards distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 0.7 4区教育学 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

South African Journal of Education Pub Date : 2022-08-31 DOI:10.15700/saje.v42n3a2129

Ante Kolak, Ivan Markić, Zoran Horvat

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Abstract

In this article we consider the applicability of distance education on the elementary level from parents’ perspectives and present the limitations stemming from the degree of support that students in elementary education need from their parents. The dilemmas regarding the possible levels of students’ development of independence and self-orientation, and the parents’ roles are highlighted. We believe that due to these limitations, distance learning has some of the characteristics of home-schooling. The subject of the research in the empirical part of this study focused on parents’ attitudes. Parental attitudes, based on a previously established multi-factor model, become clear from the parents’ experiences (Kolak, Markić & Horvat, 2020) where factors regarding the demands of teaching and the competence of parents as substitute teachers, were separated. Parents’ characteristics (e.g., gender, age, educational status and involvement) were found to influence their attitudes. The results of the research indicate the importance of parents in distance learning during the pandemic which adds a new and more significant role in the educational process of their children.

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COVID-19大流行期间家长对远程教育的态度

在本文中，我们从父母的角度来考虑远程教育在小学阶段的适用性，并提出了来自基础教育学生需要父母支持程度的限制。强调了学生自主和自我取向发展的可能水平，以及家长的角色。我们认为，由于这些限制，远程教育有一些家庭教育的特点。本研究实证部分的研究主题集中在父母的态度上。基于先前建立的多因素模型，父母的态度从父母的经验中变得清晰(Kolak, markiki & Horvat, 2020)，其中关于教学需求和父母作为代课教师的能力的因素是分开的。父母的特征(如性别、年龄、教育程度和参与程度)会影响他们的态度。研究结果表明，在大流行期间，家长在远程教育中的重要性，在其子女的教育过程中增加了新的和更重要的作用。

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South African Journal of Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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1.60

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16 weeks

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