Given the closure of schools due to the global confinement resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, family-school cooperation has become a priority in most educational stages, but especially in Early Childhood Education and Care. This research analysed how parents dealt with this new situation, as well as the way in which family-school cooperation was established. Two online questionnaires were developed by the researchers. Respondents included 1266 families with children between the ages of infancy and six years, as well as 1235 early childhood education teachers from all regions of Spain. Results show that family-school cooperation is associated with several family and school characteristics and that families have neither the tools to face this new situation, nor the time to educate their children at home. This, together with the fact that some households do not have Internet access, makes family-school cooperation a challenging matter, especially in times of pandemic.
La situación generada por el COVID-19 ha puesto de manifiesto que, en educación infantil, el modelo asistencial se ha quedado atrás frente al educativo. Con esta investigación se ha analizado, en la situación excepcional de confinamiento, tanto la manera de afrontar esta situación de cierre de las aulas desde los centros educativos como las respuestas proporcionadas por las familias, teniendo en cuenta la titularidad de los centros, el ciclo impartido (primer ciclo, segundo ciclo o ambos), el año de nacimiento de los menores o el número de hijos en los hogares. Para ello, se han elaborado ad hoc dos cuestionarios contestados durante los meses de abril y mayo por 1235 docentes de esta etapa de todas las Comunidades y Ciudades Autónomas de España y por 1266 familias de menores que cursan educación infantil. Los datos recogidos se han analizado mediante un examen exploratorio de las respuestas y el cálculo de los principales porcentajes asociados a las variables consideradas para, posteriormente, realizar un análisis inferencial de la información disponible, empleando la prueba H de Kruskal-Wallis para analizar los datos procedentes de las escalas Likert y la prueba Chi-cuadrado para el estudio de las variables categóricas. Los resultados muestran que existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas en el envío de tareas en función del ciclo y de la titularidad del centro, siendo los centros privados los que menos actividades han enviado. Asimismo, casi la mitad de las familias encuestadas señala que necesitan recibir más indicaciones, siendo aquellas cuyos hijos asisten a escuelas públicas las que más lo demandan. Es por esto por lo que se puede concluir que las máximas establecidas en la legislación vigente no se han cumplido en todos los casos.
Scientific literature has shown that teacher characteristics and skills are one of the main sources of variation in students’ academic performance. This potential that teachers have in improving the quality of the education system justifies the importance of identifying the teacher-related factors that are positively related to student learning. This study aims to contribute to this purpose by analysing the professional profile of a good secondary school teacher from the perspective of students, members of school management teams, and the teachers themselves. For this purpose, a qualitative research design was es- tablished based on an analysis of the views of the participants. Five focus groups were conducted with the participation of five members of school management teams, nine teachers and nine students.Through both the a priori and inductive coding of the content of these focus groups, the professional profile of a good teacher was identified. This profile was made up of three teaching skills and seven personal skills, specified in 79 actions. The integration of all the participants’ perspectives enabled the creation of a comprehensive proposal of an effective teacher by capturing the nuances provided by each individual perspective. Based on this, new research and actions can be designed that contribute to improving the quality of initial and in-service training for secondary school teachers.
Der 19. Mai 2021 war ein ganz besonderer Tag für die Kunst und Kultur in Österreich. Nach fast sieben Monaten haben die Kultur- und Veranstaltungsbetriebe wieder ihre Tore geöffnet. Von sehr vielen in der Kunst und Kultur Tätigen, aber auch bei uns im Kulturressort, wurde dieser Tag als einer der Erleichterung und Freude gefeiert. Nach vielen Monaten des Durchhaltens war endlich der Moment des Durchstartens gekommen.
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