Adolescents’ and Secondary School Teachers’ Perception of Online Learning under COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The article presents the results of the research project "Education under COVID-19", implemented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Contemporary Childhood in Moscow State University of Psychology and Education . The research was conducted from October 2020 till January 2021 . The main goal of the project was to identify the specific features of adolescents’ and secondary school teachers’ perception of online learning under the pandemic . 141 adolescents and 91 secondary school teachers from different regions of the Russian Federation participated in the research . According to the data, despite facing certain challenges, the majority of adolescents regard online learning either in neutral, or in positive light . Adolescents with high levels of metacognitive skills were the most efficient in adapting to online learning . In contrast with adolescents, most teachers assess online learning negatively . The authors of the paper consider opposing online and offline education as the least efficient strategy . They stress the need of overcoming the dichotomy and emphasize the role of child-adult interactions that can be organized in face-to-face, distant and hybrid learning formats .