Survey data on the impact of COVID-19 on parental engagement across 23 countries

Abstract

This data article describes the dataset of the International COVID-19 Impact on Parental Engagement Study (ICIPES). ICIPES is a collaborative effort of more than 20 institutions to investigate the ways in which, parents and caregivers built capacity engaged with children's learning during the period of social distancing arising from global COVID-19 pandemic. A series of data were collected using an online survey conducted in 23 countries and had a total sample of 4,658 parents/caregivers. The description of the data contained in this article is divided into two main parts. The first part is a descriptive analysis of all the items included in the survey and was performed using tables and figures. The second part refers to the construction of scales. Three scales were constructed and included in the dataset: ‘parental acceptance and confidence in the use of technology’, ‘parental engagement in children's learning’ and ‘socioeconomic status’. The scales were created using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Multi-Group Confirmatory Analysis (MG-CFA) and were adopted to evaluate their cross-cultural comparability (i.e., measurement invariance) across countries and within sub-groups. This dataset will be relevant for researchers in different fields, particularly for those interested in international comparative education.

COVID-19 Crisis: Exploring Community of Inquiry in Online Learning for Sub-Degree Students

“…Educators identified that students who have less access to a laptop or Internet access due to home location are the possibility to attain low academic achievement and unable to keep up with their classmates (Pruet et al, 2016). Osorio-Saea et al (2021) further investigated the effect of COVID-19 on parental engagement across 23 countries. Their home location determines the engagement, acceptance, and confidence of students toward the online learning environment and culture.…”

Parents’ Acceptance of Educational Technology: Lessons From Around the World

“…The data from this study stems from the International COVID-19 Impact on Parental Engagement Study (ICIPES) (Osorio-Saez et al, 2020). ICIPES was a joint effort in 23 countries to investigate the ways in which parents and caregivers engaged with their children's learning during the period of social distancing arising from the global COVID-19 pandemic.…”

“…Children were between grade 1 and 13, which represents between 1 and 13 years of schooling, counting from the beginning of Level 1 of the International Standard Classification of Education-ISCED (UNESCO, 2011). The survey was administered by the University of Bath team using the JISC Online Survey Tool (Osorio-Saez et al, 2020). All respondents gave their informed consent and the research collaborators only had access to the data after it had been fully anonymised.…”

“…Parents were asked about the frequency with which they carried out different activities using technology (response options: Always, Often, Occasionally, Rarely, and Never), and how confident they felt doing so (response options: not at all confident, slightly confident, moderately confident, quite confident, and extremely confident). More information about the variables can be found in the ICIPES Technical documentation (Osorio-Saez et al, 2021).…”

Clase social y estrategias parentales de apoyo a los estudiantes en pandemia. Resultados para Chile del International COVID-19 Impact on Parental Engagement Study

“…En Chile, la entidad a cargo de la recolección de datos fue la Facultad de Educación de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Durante 3 meses se difundió de manera online un cuestionario que buscaba conocer la forma en que madres, padres y cuidadores construían capacidades para comprometerse con el aprendizaje de sus hijos (Osorio-Saez et al, 2021).…”