ERIC Number: EJ1372272
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1927-5250
EISSN: EISSN-1927-5269
Parental Involvement in Elementary Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Teachers' Challenges and Crises
Sharabi, Moshe; Cohen-Ynon, Gilad
Journal of Education and Learning, v11 n6 p111-118 2022
Differing levels of parental involvement in schools are common. There are ways how to deal with and channel this phenomenon in productive directions. The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to switch from regular in-person teaching to virtual teaching/distance learning (via Zoom, Teems, etc.) while enabling parents to "join the class" in real-time. From the pandemic's beginning, many parents stayed at home voluntarily or involuntarily (due to unemployment, unpaid vacation time, or working from home) and witnessed their children (supposedly) studying. This situation often led to intensive parental involvement and even intervention in teacher behavior, teaching methods, discipline requirements, etc. This unusual situation led to increased conflict between parents and teachers resulting in teachers' frustration, stress, and intention to retire or resign. This case study aims to shed light on this new phenomenon while describing situations from teachers' work and drawing conclusions about the processes that teachers, pupils, and parents underwent during the pandemic.
Descriptors: Parent Participation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Family Work Relationship, Conflict, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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