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Educators by proxy: emergency remote teaching and learning from the voice of parents
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic led educational systems worldwide to
transpose activities planned for face-to-face education to mediated contexts -
through what is known as Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning (ERTL). This
posed unprecedented challenges to schools, teachers, families, and students. In
this context, it was relevant to describe and understand how parents perceived
this process, including what challenges to themselves and their children they
faced and what advantages they acknowledged in the process. The present study
focuses on Portuguese parents’ views on this process.
Methods: Data were gathered in April and May 2020 through an online
questionnaire answered by 184 parents of preschool, basic, and secondary
education students (ages 3–18). The present paper presents data from open
questions analyzed by deductive and inductive content analysis using MaxQDA.
Results and discussion: Results evidence three overarching themes: equity,
parental labor, and the meaning of school. Parents reveal substantial difficulties
juggling the role of proxy educator and parent and point to inequalities - including
those concerning very young children, children with disabilities or learning
difficulties, students enrolled in professional education, families with insufficient
access to technologies, and parents working from home. The school is portrayed
as a crucial environment for development, a designated space for learning and
caretaking, but also a relational and emotional context. Despite this scenario,
parents acknowledge ERTL as having positive aspects and as the possible outlet
to keep education going even in extreme situations.
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Emergency remote teaching and learning Preschool education COVID-19 Basic education Secondary education Parents’ perspectives
Citation
Seabra, F., Abelha, M., Teixeira, A., & Aires, L. (2023). Educators by proxy: Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning from the voice of parents. Frontiers in Education, 8:1150076. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1150076