Students and education during the COVID-19 pandemic

Study and perspectives

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22633/rpge.v25iesp.7.16160

Keywords:

COVID-19, Volunteer activity, Students, Education, Psychological characteristics

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has grown a worldwide health concern and has imposed a significant impact on education. As a result, halfway through the second semester of 2019/2020, learning methods were delivered through distance learning (DL). The purpose of the paper is to study the specifics of online education during the Covid-19 pandemic. A comprehensive diagnostic study of the psychological characteristics of students included the following methods: the test of life-meaning orientations (LMO), adapted by D.A. Leontiev (2006), diagnostics of the motivational structure of personality. Based on the results of the conducted empirical research, duration of study influenced student preference. Plus, Higher number of first-year students preferred DL compared to their seniors. Notwithstanding some challenges, students could adjust to the new education methods of full DL, and the majority recognized combined learning that combined classroom and distance learning can be performed subsequently. The COVID-19 pandemic transforms the application of technology in education and teaching approaches in the near future.

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Author Biographies

Viktoriya I. Rerke, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk – Russia

PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of the Department of Social Pedagogy and Psychology.

Natalia V. Belyakova, Russian State Social University, Moscow – Russia

PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Psychology.

Angela B. Mottaeva, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow – Russia

Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Department of Construction and Real Estate Management.

Lyudmila P. Shipovskaya, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI), Moscow – Russia

Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of the Department of Social Psychology.

Alla V. Ignatyeva, Moscow City University, Moscow – Russia

PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor of the Department of Decorative Arts and Design.

Leonid V. Blinov, Pacific National University, Khabarovsk – Russia

Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor of the Department of the Theory and Technique of Pedagogical and Defectology Education.

Irina G. Kalina, Kazan Federal University Naberezhnye Chelny Institute, Naberezhnye Chelny – Russia

PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Education and Sport.

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Published

31/12/2021

How to Cite

RERKE, V. I.; BELYAKOVA, N. V.; MOTTAEVA, A. B.; SHIPOVSKAYA, L. P.; IGNATYEVA, A. V.; BLINOV, L. V.; KALINA, I. G. Students and education during the COVID-19 pandemic: Study and perspectives. Revista on line de Política e Gestão Educacional, Araraquara, v. 25, n. esp.7, p. 4009–4024, 2021. DOI: 10.22633/rpge.v25iesp.7.16160. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/rpge/article/view/16160. Acesso em: 31 aug. 2024.

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