Exploring the Experiences of Senior High School Parents in Online Learning Context
Keywords:
Experiences, Online Learning, ParentsAbstract
As a remedy to the nearly shutting down of education owing to
the spreading cases of COVID-19 all across the world, face-toface classrooms where students could go to school were
transitioned into online learning. As a result, parents are forced
to help their children throughout their online learning. This
study aims to explore and reveal the various experiences of
Senior High School parents during online learning, how the
transition from face-to-face learning to online learning affected
their daily lives, and how the parents handled these changes.
This qualitative study applied the Phenomenological Research
design. Moreover, to analyze the data gathered, Thematic
Analysis was utilized. The participants of the study were
residents of the province of Sultan Kudarat, and parents whose
child is enrolled in Sultan Kudarat State University – Laboratory
High School, the Philippines. The participants were chosen
through the Random sampling technique specifically the lottery
method. According to the responses, parents have no choice
but to support their children morally despite the differences in
schedules inside the household. It was revealed that their
children’s online learning serves as a distraction because they
are having trouble balancing their time between performing
their work and assisting in their children’s online learning.
Moreover, the parents’ thoughts regarding e-learning vary
depending on their situations. On the other hand, parents still
believe that pursuing education in this time of pandemic will
help their children to continue absorbing knowledge
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