COVID-19, Distance Learning and Educational Inequality in Rural Ethiopia

Belay, Degwale Gebeyehu

doi:10.29333/pr/9133

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“…In the Indonesian context, one of the online teaching-learning challenges happens because teachers and students do not support particular technology such as internet connection, computers, laptops, and smartphones (Efriana, 2021). It is further mentioned by Belay (2020) that the changing of the traditional education system to distance education brings disadvantages for students from low-income or rural families. This is a big task for the government and teachers to find the fittest way to help students in distance education during the pandemic.…”

Section: Online Learningmentioning

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University Students’ Perspective on Material and Activities in English Listening Class During Pandemic

Nurkhamidah¹

2021

Elsya

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The most obvious impact of Covid-19 in the education field is the shifting of face-to-face classroom meetings into online learning. Since fully online learning is new for most universities in Indonesia, teachers have to abruptly prepare effective learning material and activities to support student learning in distance. Several studies on listening classes in Indonesia have been carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic, but studies that focus on student’s perspectives on the material and activities in English listening class in higher education have not been conducted yet. This study fills this research gap because students’ perspectives are important to improve the quality of listening-focused courses. This study is conducted on January 2021 by involving nine English Education students enrolled in the Basic Listening class at the STKIP Media Nusantara Citra. Questionnaires and interviews are employed to collect qualitative data. Despite the abruptness of creating and adapting new materials with an unfamiliar learning style, results showed that students have a positive perspective toward the effect of the lecturers’ materials on their learning motivation, the usefulness of the material, the level of difficulty and quantity of the material and activities, the variety of material and activities, the usefulness of pre- and post-listening activities, the quality of audio and the suitability of worksheet.

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University Students’ Perspective on Material and Activities in English Listening Class During Pandemic

Nurkhamidah¹

2021

Elsya

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“…Especially the rural students who do have a family schooling background are at a greatly disadvantaged position. For example, the Ethiopian government failed to make interventions to support the marginalized rural students of any level of education [ 10 ]. Ethiopia also recommended private schools to explore methods to either cancel fees or defer payments until parents can afford to pay.…”

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COVID-19 and School: To Open or Not to Open, That Is the Question. The First Review on Current Knowledge

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented closure of schools in terms of duration. The option of school closure, SARS-CoV-2 initially being poorly known, was influenced by the epidemiological aspects of the influenza virus. However, school closure is still under debate and seems unsupported by sure evidence of efficacy in the COVID-19 era. The aim of our narrative review is to discuss the available literature on SARS-CoV-2 spread among children and adolescents, in the school setting, trying to explain why children appear less susceptible to severe disease and less involved in viral spreading. We also tried to define the efficacy of school closure, through an overview of the effects of the choices made by the various countries, trying to identify which preventive measures could be effective for a safe reopening. Finally, we focused on the psychological aspects of such a prolonged closure for children and adolescents. SARS-CoV-2, children, COVID-19, influenza, and school were used as key words in our literature research, updated to 29 March 2021. To our knowledge, this is the first review summarizing the whole current knowledge on SARS-CoV-2 spreading among children and adolescents in the school setting, providing a worldwide overview in such a pandemic context.

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“…China was the first country to develop a distance education program to cope with the covid-19 crisis. Schools entitled "School out but classes on" (Belay, 2020).…”

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Quality Distance Education for Early Childhood During the Corona Pandemic: The Perceptions of Female Teachers

Al-Hussein

Mohammad

Alzahrani

2021

IER

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The corona (Covid-19) pandemic caused the closure of kindergarten institutions and schools around the world which forced higher authorities to shift focus towards online distance education. The impact of the pandemic was so severe that it affected almost a quarter of the people lives, public health and above all the education sectors. The present study was designed according to the Servqual Model using sample perceptions of early childhood parameters in Saudi Arabia and Jordan utilizing online questionnaires to collect the responses from 157 teachers. The quality of the online education services provided for primary school children due to Covid-19 suffered greatly as the teachers were not accustomed to the technology of distance learning. The present study recommends the need to explore the research of the high level for primary school children’s study tool where teachers and parents will be able to deal with online platforms effectively. During the present unavoidable crisis, the article presents an easier and equitable platform for every child in the family.

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COVID-19, Distance Learning and Educational Inequality in Rural Ethiopia

Cited by 55 publications

References 22 publications

University Students’ Perspective on Material and Activities in English Listening Class During Pandemic

University Students’ Perspective on Material and Activities in English Listening Class During Pandemic

COVID-19 and School: To Open or Not to Open, That Is the Question. The First Review on Current Knowledge

Quality Distance Education for Early Childhood During the Corona Pandemic: The Perceptions of Female Teachers

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