How Students Report about Their Education Experiences during the First Year of Covid-19 Pandemic?

Abstract

The aim of this work was to understand what education meant to students during the Covid-19 pandemic and in what context educational activities and organisational changes in schooling were mentioned spontaneously. This paper is a part of a broader qualitative study in which the students’ narratives about their experiences during the first year of the pandemic were collected online. From the initial sample, which consisted of 70 narratives, only those with educational content were selected for further analysis. Thus, the final sample included 34 narratives from 17 high school and 17 university students (5 male and 29 female participants) aged 15-25 (M=20). University students’ reports were more related to positive aspects of online learning and advantages of self-organising as well as concerns about the further education, while secondary school students referred more to difficulties arising from new practice which had significant impact on daily routines and social aspects.

Cilj ovog rada je da steknemo uvid šta je obrazovanje značilo učenicima i studentima tokom pandemije kovida 19 i u kom su kontekstu obrazovne aktivnosti i organizacione promene u školovanju spontano pominjane. Ovaj rad je deo šire kvalitativne studije u kojoj su narativi učenika i studenata o njihovim iskustvima tokom prve godine pandemije prikupljani onlajn. Od inicijalnog uzorka, koji se sastojao od 70 narativa, za dalju analizu odabrani su samo oni sa obrazovnim sadržajem. Stoga su krajnji uzorak činila 34 narativa, koji potiču od 17 učenika srednje škole i 17 studenata (N=34, od toga 29 ženskog pola), uzrasta od 15 do 25 godina (M=20). Izveštaji studenata su se više odnosili na pozitivne aspekte onlajn učenja i prednosti samoorganizovanja, kao i na zabrinutost zbog daljeg obrazovanja, dok su učenici srednjih škola više naglašavali teškoće koje su poticale od novog načina rada, koji je značajno uticao na njihovu dnevnu rutinu i društveni život.