COMPARISON OF THE LEARNING PROCESS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC

During the post-pandemic time period, it was observed an increased interest among scholars over studying the effects of online schooling regarding the teaching-learning-evaluation process and how the school has changed after the introduction of technology in teachers lives. However, there are few studies that treat the subject of how online schooling has affected students. The main objective of this research is to compare the manner in which the teaching-learning-evaluation process has been carried out for both gymnasium students and highschoolers during the pre-pandemic, pandemic and post-pandemic period and to analyze how this process has changed for the students and how digital technologies are useful. The used research method is the focus-group in a private high school from a large Romanian City, Bucharest, the Capital City of Romania. During the group interview, a structured interview with three essential parts has been used. The present research is structured into four sections. The first section presented the context in which digital technology has entered students lives and how they have adapted to the changes, the second section presents a list of good practices used by teachers and the third section contains the results of the focus-group. The last section is composed of conclusions and recommendations over the main results. The results of this study show that students appreciate the use of new digital technologies in the teaching-learning-evaluation process, and even if they returned to physical classes, teachers must continue to integrate digital resources and tools into their activities. Since all the participating students to the focus-group come from a private high-school, carrying out a similar study on a public school group, there could be major differences in the results obtained. The implications of this study are useful to both teachers, that may pick up examples of good practices, and students. In conclusion, the present study presents the lives of students during the pre-pandemic, pandemic and post-pandemic period and highlights the changes they have been trough and how the technology helped.