The crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus has far-reaching effects in the field of education, as schools were closed in March 2020 in many countries around the world. In this article, we present and discuss the S
This chapter points out that due to the failure of Western (and other) governments to react adequately to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic (cf. Chap. 2 of the book), many countries, especially during Q2 2020, had to proceed to massive school closures. However, it also appears that...
The COVID-19-induced learning gap between low- and high-achieving students was not compensated by parents’ activities. Already before the school closures, parents of low-achievers spent less learning time together with their children than parents of high-achievers (0.4 versus 0.6 h per day). ...
school and move on to college. And it’s not just academic knowledge these students may miss out on. They are at risk of finishing school without the skills, behaviors, and mindsets to succeed in college or in the workforce. An accurate assessment of the depth and extent...
After starting with "why" we give the children an element of choice: we've found this to be a brilliant motivator. An immediate decision they could make is to give their new school a name and design its badge. Then, once they've done this, you can begin to have a ...
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly modified our urban territories. One of the most strongly affected parameters was outdoor noise, caused by traffic and human activity in general, all of which were forced to stop during the spring of 2020. This caused a
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students' lunchboxes, telling parents it's “now hiring." Elsewhere, principals are filling in as crossing guards, teachers are being offered signing bonuses and schools are moving back to online ...
To combat the spread of COVID-19, many primary and secondary schools in the United States canceled classes and moved instruction online. This study examines an unexplored consequence of COVID-19 school closures: the broken link between child maltreatment victims and the number one source of report...
Social relation factors included school environment, whether they have served as student leaders, social support system7,8,11,12,13,14,15,16. Developed countries have carried out extensive research on the influencing factors of young people's social phobia17,18. However, the research on social ...
As summer begins to wind down, most children and teenagers across the U.S. aregetting ready to head back to school. Not far behind the start of the school year is the typical start of the season for respiratory viruses, including flu, RSV and COVID-19. ...