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The downside of distance learning for children from excluded localities.
TROJANOVÁ, Karolína
This bachelor´s thesis deals with distance learning of children from socially excluded localities, in particular from Prachatice District and České Budějovice District. The lock down of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic caused the shift to distance learning. This type of education was demanding for all participants, both teachers and students. Children from socially excluded localities generally have worse access to education and this type of education meant a significant change and a lot of troubles for them. The theoretical part explores social exclusion, distinctive features of the localities, modern technologies and distance learning and its potential risks and consequences. The practical part was realized by means of a qualitative research using semi-structured interviews. The aim of this thesis is to look into the distance learning of children from social excluded localities, not only from the children´s point of view but also their parents´, teachers´ and social workers´ perspective. During the interviews, all of them described difficulties and benefits they noticed in the course of distance learning. The analysis of the research findings showed that all respondents´opinions of distance learning were largely negative, but some certain positive could be found, too. I emphasise the childrens´ opinions, because they were most related to the distance learning. The communication with them was quite difficult, some of their answers were brief and indiferent but most of the children had a negative attitude to distance learning. Predominantly, they missed the contact with their agemates. Social workers and teachers enumerated also benefits - children extended their knowledge of IT and learnt how to work with modern equipment (tablet, PC, notebooks). Parents were very stressed, when they had to go to work, they feared for their children who stayed at home without supervision. Distance learning made demands on families that became evident in the formo f mental strain on both children and parents.
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