“We have lost the compass of what education should look like”: student concerns about schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Since the beginning of 2020, all members of contemporary education communities have faced various challenges caused by the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). For three academic years, education has been taking place in non-standard conditions including online classes and distance learning. From the beginning, decision-makers and practitioners have been aware of potential losses in the learning process and recommended examining the effects of changes in order to find better solutions (European Commission, 2020; United Nations, 2020). However, the duration of the pandemic has given rise to new challenges. In addition to overcoming the initial mistakes and losses, it has become necessary to develop new practices based on the knowledge obtained from current empirical research.