The Epidemic as a ‘Regulator’ of Interpersonal Relationships: the Impact of ‘Combined’ Schooling on the Relationship Among  Primary School Students Cover Image

Епидемија као регулатор интерперсоналних односа: утицај комбиноване наставе на одноc између ученика основне школе
The Epidemic as a ‘Regulator’ of Interpersonal Relationships: the Impact of ‘Combined’ Schooling on the Relationship Among Primary School Students

Author(s): Biljana Anđelković, Saša Nedeljković
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: combined schooling; primary school; students; case study; COVID-19 epidemic; interpersonal relationships; friendship

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a case study whose focus is on examining the relationship among students of one fifth grade class during the period of combined schooling in the school year 2020/2021. This schooling model was introduced in order to enable appropriate physical distance among students in the classroom. Аlso, this was one of the important preventiv measures of the COVID-19 epidemic. Our intention is to check whether and to what extent the application of this schooling model, which included the division of classes into two groups, reflected on the mutual relations of students. We paid the most attention to friend’s relations. This paper represents an anthropological contribution to the issue of interpersonal relations among children in condition when many relations in society have changed due to the ‘new normality’.

  • Issue Year: LXIX/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 625-639
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian