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Remote learning was a global catastrophe for children's learning.
by keewee7 4y ago
Remote learning was a global catastrophe for children's learning.
- concordDance 4y agoNote that this was unplanned and sudden with not much help.
- votepaunchy 4y agoIt was unplanned because we had public health leadership which decided to ignore decades of pandemic planning and lessons learned, and a president who went along with it.
- concordDance 4y agoThis happened universally in the world, you can't blame the US leadership, here in the UK schooling suffered just as badly.
- a_humean 4y agoCountries like Singapore, Taiwan, New Zealand, and South Korea suggest that with sufficient planning and political will, there were alternative outcomes available compared to what happened in the US and Europe.
- FullStackAda 4y agoNo it has not happened universally around the world, some countries only had the initial shutdown in April 2020 and then the schools were open again. See here https://covid19.uis.unesco.org/global-monitoring-school-closures-covid19/country-dashboard/ https://covid19.uis.unesco.org/global-monitoring-school-clos... France and Switzerland as an example.
- est 4y agoBut it shouldn't be. Learning in theory should be a highly personal experience.