Education in the realities of war: the guidelines of the international community

The article presents the results of a survey of primary education specialists on the organization of primary school education in the period after the beginning of Russia’s fullscale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 and May 31, 2022 (the official end of the 2021–2022 academic year). The survey was conducted by scholars of the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine. The article is based on the legislative and regulatory documents governing the legal regime of martial law in Ukraine and the peculiarities of the functioning of the Ukrainian education system during this period; analytical works, including the author’s own, on the organization of education under martial law; characteristics of primary education: The guidelines of international organizations on the organization of education in times of war were also taken into account. The results of the survey showed that primaryeducation in Ukraine continued to function after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, despite serious challenges (destruction or damage to educational institutions due to bombing and shelling, forced displacement of teachers and parents with children, numerous psychological traumas of teachers and children, occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine and genocide of the Ukrainian people in the occupied territories). This became possible both due to the creation of the foundations of institutional and legal regulation of the educational sphere for the period of martial law by the Ukrainian authorities, and to the specialists of primary education: their civic position, moral responsibility, professional qualifications. The conclusions developed on the basis of the respondents’ answers outline possible options for organizing primary education in war conditions. The relevance of further development of the distance learning format in Ukraine under martial law and the implementation of a systemic policy of the authorities to support teachers, which should include both psychological support and the development of methodological support for teaching in war conditions, emphasized.

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Learning Losses: The Complexity of Problem in the Context of War in Ukraine

Topuzov,

Lokshyna,

Holovko

2024

Educ_Mod_Discourse

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The article deals with the problem of learning losses. The study is theoretical. The authors used the methods of comparative analysis and theoretical generalisation of modern approaches in educational science and practice to the causes of and conditions for overcoming learning losses, studying and interpreting the results of surveys of students and teachers of general secondary education institutions in Ukraine. The authors emphasised that in times of war, learning losses, together with psychological losses, losses at the level of infrastructure, teaching staff, etc. form a set of losses that are considered as losses of the educational system. It is stated that in Ukraine there is a process of developing procedures for studying the war times learning losses, as well as mechanisms for minimising them. The article describes the achievements of researchers of the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine on overcoming learning losses in primary school and at the level of general secondary education.Based on the research results the authors substantiate key principles that should determine the mechanisms/programmes for minimising and catching up with students’ learning losses: childcentredness: programmes for catching up with learning losses should meet the age and personal needs of students; safe educational environment, which should be physically and emotionally safe and child-friendly; integration of academic subjects to ensure the implementation of state standards aimed at developing key competencies; support for teachers in terms of security, psychological assistance, and professional development, taking into account martial law; consideration of regional and local specifics: the location of an educational institution in the frontline zone, in the occupied territory, in a relatively safe region, and the financial situation of the community. The authors conclude that the experience gained by international organisations and foreign countries in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is valuable for Ukraine. At the same time, the factors that cause the suspension of the educational process and the work of schools in wartime are of a completely different nature. Given the complexity of learning losses in wartime, it is important to think about a holistic national strategy that would offer multiple and flexible mechanisms for their compensating and overcoming.

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Education in the realities of war: the guidelines of the international community

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The Activities of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine Under the Martial Law

The Activities of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine Under the Martial Law

Organisation of Primary Education at War in Ukraine: Results of a Survey of Primary Education Specialists

Learning Losses: The Complexity of Problem in the Context of War in Ukraine

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