Survey results on distance education during corona.

Survey results on distance education during corona.

Fresh from the survey! How do parents think about distance education? What are their experiences with the support for schoolwork and the help from school? Ouders & Onderwijs researched this together with Kassa. The questionnaire about distance education and emergency care during the corona crisis was shared with the Landelijk Ouderpanel and publicly shared by Ouders & Onderwijs and Kassa. More than 1,850 parents took part in the survey. The results represent parents with school-going children.

Distance education: contact with school

A large majority of parents are satisfied with contact with the teacher (70%) and with the way the school shapes the support of children at home (67%). Less than 10% are dissatisfied about this. Most children have contact with the teacher weekly one or more times. That contact takes place in various ways. Almost half of the students receive online lessons via a livestream or video call with the teacher. Much contact also happens via email or an online system like Magister. One third of the students get an instructional video from the teacher and almost as many have contact by phone or chat. What is the contact about? Mostly about how the student is doing personally and explanations of the lesson material. According to 65% of the parents, their child receives homework and instructions well and in a structured way. Children also get quick answers to their questions.

Distance education: the learning process

Just over half of the parents say their child is motivated to do their schoolwork. In addition, 40% of parents say it is not difficult for them to make their child do the schoolwork. At the same time, a substantial group of parents (35%) has a lot of trouble with this. Parents have different views on the effects of the corona crisis. 42% of the parents think it is not too bad that children get less education this period. Still, 33% do have problems with this. A large part of the parents (41%) think it is unavoidable that children will fall behind in learning, compared to 28% who think this will not happen. Should schools offer extra lessons in the May and summer holidays? Parents are also divided on this: 38% say yes and 36% say no.

Emergency care

Almost one in five parents uses the emergency care at school. These children are mainly cared for in the school building by teachers and staff from the school or childcare. Three quarters of the children also get support with schoolwork during these hours: by a teacher, childcare worker, or teaching assistant. Most parents are satisfied with how the emergency care is carried out. Most children go to emergency care 1 or 2 days. For some parents, this is not enough. 11% of the parents need more care than they get. Most of them would prefer to use emergency care 3 or 4 days.

About the research

The questionnaire about distance education and emergency care during the corona crisis was shared with the Landelijk Ouderpanel and publicly shared via Ouders & Onderwijs and Kassa. More than 1,850 parents took part in the survey. The results represent parents with school-going children.

Landelijk Ouderpanel

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