Predictors of Successful Digital Learning in Families with Different Socioeconomic Status During the Covid-19 Pandemic Cover Image

Az otthoni tanulás sikerességét bejósló tényezők a Covid–19 okozta vészhelyzet miatt kialakított digitális munkarendben eltérő szocioökonómiai helyzetű családok esetében
Predictors of Successful Digital Learning in Families with Different Socioeconomic Status During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Áron Szilveszter, Réka Kassai, Zsófia Katalin Takács, J. FUTÓ
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: COVID-19; distant learning; low SES; learning success

Summary/Abstract: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system switched to digital distant learning education from March to June 2020. These changes posed a number of new challenges to students, teachers and parents alike. We assume that disadvantaged families were in an even more vulnerable position (Jakab 2020). Thus, we aimed to conduct a study to examine whether and how certain factors, including socioeconomic status, household chaos, family routine, and children’s learning effort affected learning success during this period of homeschooling. The sample consisted of high/middle-class and disadvantaged (living in a Roma settlements) caregivers of 1st–4th grader children. Our results indicate that socioeconomic status alone was not a significant predictor of learning success, however, learning effort, household chaos, and family routine were found to be important predictors. These results – although purely correlational – might suggest that a targeted intervention can be expected to effectively help disadvantaged children adapt to and succeed in a digital distant learning education setting.

  • Issue Year: 30/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 88-102
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Hungarian