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Face-to-face versus distance learning in a seaside area: the teacher’s point of view
Affiliations- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Pugliese-Ciaccio Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Health Promotion ASP, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Catanzaro “Magna Grecia”, Italy
- Department of Paediatric, Pugliese-Ciaccio Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Oncology, Pugliese-Ciaccio Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Emergency Medicine, ASL Valle d’Aosta, Italy
- Department of Andrology and Paediatric Urology, ASL Valle d’Aosta, Italy
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Abstract
The total or partial replacement of face-to-face teaching with distance teaching brings a number of problems for teachers, children and families. Recently, in our province in Southern Italy, in a seaside area, we conducted a survey to assess the experiences of high school teachers faced with distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the purpose of examining the real impact of these dramatic changes, both from social and health perspectives. From the preliminary aspects of this survey it emerges that it is difficult to univocally consider the effectiveness of distance learning in such a complex territory, especially in a seaside area. This experience will serve us to reflect in the future on a school tailored to the individual student by a permanent integration of face-to-face forms with distance learning.
Abstract
The total or partial replacement of face-to-face teaching with distance teaching brings a number of problems for teachers, children and families. Recently, in our province in Southern Italy, in a seaside area, we conducted a survey to assess the experiences of high school teachers faced with distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the purpose of examining the real impact of these dramatic changes, both from social and health perspectives. From the preliminary aspects of this survey it emerges that it is difficult to univocally consider the effectiveness of distance learning in such a complex territory, especially in a seaside area. This experience will serve us to reflect in the future on a school tailored to the individual student by a permanent integration of face-to-face forms with distance learning.
Keywords
COVID-19, distance learning, survey, seaside area
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Face-to-face versus distance learning in a seaside area: the teacher’s point of view
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193-194
Published online
2021-09-29
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Bibliographic record
IMH 2021;72(3):193-194.
Keywords
COVID-19
distance learning
survey
seaside area
Authors
Antonella Centonze
Rosa Anfosso
Roberta Pujia
Stefania Zampogna
Domenico Sinopoli
Ilaria Prosperi Porta
Emanuele Baldassarre
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