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Title: Distance Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in UAE Public Schools: Student Satisfaction, Attitudes and Challenges
Language: English
Authors: Bawa'aneh, Muhammad S. (ORCID 0000-0002-1257-1631)
Source: Contemporary Educational Technology. 2021 13(3):304.
Availability: Contemporary Educational Technology. Faculty of Communication Sciences, Anadolu University, Yunus Emre Campus, Eskisehir 26470, Turkey. e-mail: editor@cedtech.net; Web site: http://www.cedtech.net
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, School Closing, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Student Satisfaction, High School Students, Adolescents, Barriers, Affordances, Internet, Gender Differences, Place of Residence, Public Schools, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)
ISSN: 1309-517X
Abstract: In the current circumstances, the second wave of COVID-19 Pandemic is spreading and we seem to have to live longer with most of the urgent measures taken in early 2020 to fight the spread out of the pandemic; of which is school closure. The present study aims at investigating students' satisfaction, attitudes and challenges in UAE public schools during the distance learning time of the third trimester of the academic year 2019-2020. The study also aims to measure differences of satisfaction level, attitudes, and challenges across gender and geographic places of residence within the UAE. Data collection started eight weeks after the commencement of the distance learning process and continued for two weeks. The first eight weeks that preceded data collection witnessed a continuous update of the, previously rich and well established, educational plans in line with continuous development plan for students and instructors that included intensive training for students and instructors on the use of up-to-date educational technologies. That has reflected on the results of the study, where the student satisfaction level, attitudes and challenges were found to lie within the "strong" category indicating high satisfaction level, positive attitude, and minimum faced challenges, with statistically significant differences in the mean across gender and residency for some cases. Such positive result is directly related to the fact that students of the UAE public schools were partially exposed to electronic learning even before the pandemic, the tremendous efforts of the ministry of education to guarantee smooth transfer to full distance learning after the outbreak of the pandemic, and the well established infrastructure of the country.
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Entry Date: 2021
Accession Number: EJ1305894
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