Cooperation between family and school in the time of closed primary schools

Abstract

Based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the responses of 9,810 parents, this paper examines the perceptions of home education during the COVID-19 lockdown from the parents' point of view. The aim of the empirical survey was to answer questions about what barriers parents identify to home education from shutdown primary schools, what solutions they would welcome, and what the relationship between family and school during the situation of education at home is. The analyzed data come from a survey called Home Education that was conducted in April 2020 with the support of Czech Television. The results of the survey show that there was a fundamental difference between parents of primary and secondary students as they perceived different barriers and also named different solutions to the situation. The significance of the results lies in the fact that they not only point out the barriers to cooperation between the family and the school but also suggest possible solutions to the problems brought about by unexpected situations.