Local and External Stakeholders Affecting Educational Change during the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Study of Facebook Messages in Estonia

Autor/inn/en	Luik, Piret; Lepp, Marina
Titel	Local and External Stakeholders Affecting Educational Change during the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Study of Facebook Messages in Estonia
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 11 (2021), Artikel 113 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Luik, Piret) ORCID (Lepp, Marina)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Social Media; Stakeholders; Emotional Response; Language Usage; Coping; Role; Experience; Specialists; Teachers; Principals; Teacher Educators; Parents; Government Employees; School Personnel; Allied Health Personnel; Computer Mediated Communication; Speech Acts; Estonia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Soziale Medien; Emotionales Verhalten; Sprachgebrauch; Bewältigung; Rollen; Erfahrung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Principal; Schulleiter; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Eltern; Schulpersonal; Computerkonferenz; Sprechakt; Estland
Abstract	Education worldwide was affected by the coronavirus pandemic when many countries, including Estonia, had to switch to distance learning. It was an unexpected change in education and required a response from relevant stakeholders. This study aims to understand the activities of different stakeholders as revealed in the messages of the Facebook group 'Homeschooling with technology' from 6 March to 26 April 2020. A mixed method study design was used, including quantitative and qualitative content analysis of 872 messages posted by members of the Facebook group, which were divided into eight role groups. Teachers, educational technologists, principals and parents represented local stakeholders while external stakeholders included members from government institutions, supporters, teacher educators and members with other roles. The analysis covered activeness of each role group, emotional expressions, speech acts and topics represented in messages. The results indicate that educational technologists played a key role in handling the coronavirus pandemic situation in education. However, local stakeholders also received support from external stakeholders. The results help capture the roles, experiences and views of different stakeholders during the educational change caused by the coronavirus pandemic in order to learn from this and to be prepared for such situations in the future. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01