Virtual teaching during the pandemic under the gaze of primary education students

Abstract

The school environment has been, almost without a doubt, one of the most affected by the pandemic caused by COVID-19. With the perspective that time gives us, the aim of this work is to know the perception of Primary Education students about the virtual teaching developed during the aforementioned pandemic. Using a descriptive methodology, 181 students between 10 and 13 years of age were surveyed by means of an ad hoc questionnaire composed of 26 questions divided into five large blocks of information. The results show that the students' assessment of face-to-face teaching is more favorable than that of virtual teaching, with boredom and worry being the dominant emotions during virtual teaching. Most of them stated that they had contact at all times with their peers The school environment has been, almost without a doubt, one of the most affected by the pandemic caused by COVID-19. With the perspective that time gives us, the aim of this work is to know the perception of Primary Education students about the virtual teaching developed during the aforementioned pandemic. Using a mixed descriptive methodology, 181 students between 10 and 13 years of age were surveyed by means of an ad hoc questionnaire composed of 26 questions divided into five large blocks of information. The results show that the students' assessment of face-to-face teaching is more favorable than that of virtual teaching, the dominant emotions during this being boredom and worry. Most of them stated that they had contact at all times with their peers and tutors, and that they performed classroom tasks respecting the schedules from Monday to Friday. These results allow us to conclude that the students' perception in relation to virtual teaching, can guide the application and development of new methodologies in those environments to achieve better teaching and learning processes.and tutors, and that they performed classroom tasks respecting the schedules from Monday to Friday. These results allow us to conclude on the need and importance of knowing the students' perception in relation to virtual teaching, since it can guide the application and development of new methodologies in virtual environments to achieve better teaching and learning processes.