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Schools Closed during the Pandemic: Revelations about the Well-Being of 'Lower-Attaining' Primary-School Children
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Education 3-13 . 2023 51(7):1077-1090. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This article is unique because it fills a significant gap among COVID-19 related educational research in three ways. First, it analyses data from face-to-face interviews with 23 children, whilst most COVID-19 related research has been based on online data collection methods. Second, it involves 'lower-attaining' children who were already part of an ongoing five-year research project set in England, UK. Third, it captures a 'before' and 'after' picture of the children's experiences during schooling-as-normal and after the two periods of school closures, in relation to their well-being. Within the context of Seligman's PERMA theory, we found that the absence-of-schooling-as-normal had adversely affected their well-being, but in so doing, the children's perspective on schooling had altered, as they had missed being part of something bigger than themselves, in a setting which offered socialisation, structure and purpose.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0300-4279 and 1475-7575
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Education 3-13
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1397387
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2022.2043405