This paper uses qualitative data from a survey of Higher Education students, who are also parents, to reveal changing attitudes towards, and perceptions of, education during the pandemic school closures in England. Thematic analysis reveals the stresses of 'homeschooling' and how parents reacted and adapted to these, including adjusting ideas…

The COVID-19 pandemic quickly and dramatically altered the world. As people begin to emerge from the COVID-era, learning and personal growth have been an unexpected silver lining on these dark days. Pearson asked 6,000 college students and parents of school age children in four countries how young people think about themselves, their careers, and…

Purpose: This research aims to study the students' perspectives on synchronous and asynchronous learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Both synchronous and asynchronous learning approaches used in online education have positive and negative outcomes. Hence, the aim is to study online education's positive and negative consequences, reflecting sync…

The COVID pandemic created an unprecedented crisis for students and their families. Parents saw most of their college-enrolled children switch to hybrid or fully online learning. Student and family engagement became almost exclusively electronic and online. And the economic fallout of the pandemic impacted the ability of students and families to…

This study investigated how East Asian international students of contemporary music performance (EAIS-CMP) at music colleges in the United States made sense of their career development experiences while they were students and as recent graduates. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven EAIS-CMP who recently graduated from four…

This study was designed to understand the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the family's role in their students' college experiences. Specifically, the authors examined parents' attitudes towards institutions' COVID-19 decision-making, parents' perceptions of communication quality between families and institutions during the COVID-19…

Students' resilience in a postsecondary program for individuals with an intellectual disability impacted by the COVID-19 disruption and the challenges they faced during this time was captured in the context of social network analysis interviews that included students' and families' experiences as they managed the pandemic. Students' experiences…

In this dissertation, I present a set of studies that focus on the social networks and personal development of three cohorts of young adults with an Intellectual Disability in a U.S. Department of Education funded program at a public institution in the Southeast United States. A concurrent mixed methods design within a Personal Network Research…

The global COVID-19 outbreak has caused an anxious situation in every part of society and forced many countries to implement distance education programs without even knowing the fundamental components involved in the processes and the consequences of their decisions. Likewise, in Turkey, it is still uncertain as to what will be taught, what…

This volume includes three sections of the 2021 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; (2) Language and Linguistics; and (3) Sociology and Healthcare. Education and Educational Research includes 15 papers covering the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education,…

4th International Scientific and Professional Conference Intercultural Education and especially this proceedings of scientific and professional papers authored by scientists and practitioners contributes to greater sensitivity to diversity and the creation of an inclusive culture of life in educational institutions and in a multicultural…