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Research Articles Issue 2 · 2022 · pp. 297–306 · Issue page

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON LEARNING SYSTEMS – COMMUNICATION DIFFERENCE AND DEFICIENCIES IN ROMANIAN SCHOOLS

RA
Raul Cristian BÂG1
NI
Nicoleta CHICU2
FL
Florentina Ecaterina JOGA3
CO
Corina MURAFA4
1 PhD Student, ASE Bucharest, Romania
2 PhD, ASE Bucharest, Romania
3 PhD Student, ASE Bucharest, Romania
4 PhD, ASE Bucharest, Romania, .
Corresponding author: [email protected]
DOI https://doi.org/10.38173/RST.2022.24.2.22:297-306
Received 03 September 2022
Revised 21 October 2022
Accepted 06 November 2022
Available Online 15 November 2022
Abstract
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SITUATION AFFECTED THE WHOLE WORLD AND THE WAY WE WERE USED TO PERFORM OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES. MANY STUDIES INDICATE THAT THE IMPACT COULD BE SEEN ON MULTIPLES LEVELS: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL. ITS TREMENDOUS IMPACT WAS OBSERVED IN ALMOST EACH FIELD, WITH HUGE EFFECTS ON THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS AT JOBS. IN THIS ARTICLE WE FOCUS ON THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, WHICH MADE THE SHIFT FROM A DIRECT TYPE OF INTERACTION TO ONLINE CLASSES. THE AIM OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS DURING COVID-19 PERIOD AND THE CHALLENGES BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. MOREOVER, THE AUTHORS PRESENT THE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION PREFERRED BY TEACHERS (WHATSAPP, FACEBOOK), THE WAY THEY WERE INFORMED, THEN DEALT WITH THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN THE TEACHING PROCESS AND IN THE TEACHER-STUDENT AND TEACHER-PARENTS RELATIONSHIPS. THE STUDY IS BASED ON QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH. THE DATA WERE COLLECTED BY APPLYING AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE TO TEACHERS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS SITUATED IN BUCHAREST AND BACĂU COUNTY. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY INDICATE THAT DURING THE COVID 19 PERIOD, THE ONLINE TEACHING PROCESS WAS A CHALLENGING ONE, BRINGING TO THE FOREFRONT DIFFICULTIES SUCH AS: THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF ONLINE PLATFORMS (INCLUDING POOR SKILLS IN USING THEM), THE LACK OF AN INTERNET CONNECTION, PROBLEMS WITH PHYSICAL DEVICES, RESISTANCE TO CHANGE AND LACK OF STUDENT-TEACHER FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS. YET, THE ABRUPT TRANSITION TO ONLINE EDUCATION ALSO SHOWED A HIGH LEVEL OF ADAPTABILITY, SO IN THE FUTURE ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ADJUSTING DEFICIENCIES AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE TEACHING SYSTEMS.
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ONLINE EDUCATION COMMUNICATION BARRIERS INFORMATION
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