COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact upon life and the educational experience of students. One of the groups mostly affected from this global pandemic is the primary school children. The sudden transition to distance education from traditional face-to-face education undoubtedly changed the implementation methods of the teaching programmes in schools. The research study reported in this paper was carried out in Greece and Turkey. Responses were collected from primary school pupils who voluntarily and anonymously completed an online questionnaire with multiple choice questions. The latter were carefully worded in an appropriate and understandable way, using language suitable for primary school age children. Comparisons between the responses from the two countries revealed similarities and differences. Through a comparative approach the research results are particularly scrutinised through the lenses of equal opportunities and social inclusion policies along with a cross-cultural perspective, which is expected to have a useful impact during the post-pandemic era. By sharing the collective knowledge and experience gained, we aspire to propose educational strategies for well-being and recovery, and overall educational process improvement.
Soylu, D., Lampropoulos, G., Siakas, E., Panteri, M., Valtanen, J. P., Berki, E., Medeni, T. D., Edwards, A., & Georgiadou, E. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Education: Experiences and Feelings Reported by Primary School Pupils from Greece and Turkey. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Software Process Improvement-Research into Education and Training (INSPIRE), 337–397. https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/33944/6/Pages_1-10_and_337-397_from_Inspire-2021-proceedings.pdf
COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact upon life and the educational experience of students. One of the groups mostly affected from this global pandemic is the primary school children. The sudden transition to distance education from traditional face-to-face education undoubtedly changed the implementation methods of the teaching programmes in schools. The research study reported in this paper was carried out in Greece and Turkey. Responses were collected from primary school pupils who voluntarily and anonymously completed an online questionnaire with multiple choice questions. The latter were carefully worded in an appropriate and understandable way, using language suitable for primary school age children. Comparisons between the responses from the two countries revealed similarities and differences. Through a comparative approach the research results are particularly scrutinised through the lenses of equal opportunities and social inclusion policies along with a cross-cultural perspective, which is expected to have a useful impact during the post-pandemic era. By sharing the collective knowledge and experience gained, we aspire to propose educational strategies for well-being and recovery, and overall educational process improvement.
@inproceedings{soylu_2021_impact,
title = {Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Education: Experiences and Feelings Reported by Primary School Pupils from Greece and Turkey},
author = {Soylu, D. and Lampropoulos, G. and Siakas, E. and Panteri, M. and Valtanen, J. P. and Berki, E. and Medeni, T.D. and Edwards, A. and Georgiadou, E.},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Software Process Improvement-Research into Education and Training (INSPIRE)},
pages = {337--397},
year = {2021},
country = {United Kingdom},
url = {https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/33944/6/Pages_1-10_and_337-397_from_Inspire-2021-proceedings.pdf}
}