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|Weronika Cygan|<\/span><\/p>\n In June 2020, a group of researchers from the Institute of Pedagogy of the University of Silesia in Katowice, led by Prof. Ewa Jarosz, and Edyta Nieduziak, PhD, conducted a non-commercial, socially engaged study for Silesian communes on the quality of remote education during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The initiative, initially limited to only two communes, evolved into a regional project. The research team grew to 15 researchers from the University of Silesia, representing such disciplines as pedagogy, psychology, and political science.<\/span><\/p>\n The researchers designed tools to conduct online surveys in eight communes: Bytom, Cieszyn, D\u0105browa G\u00f3rnicza, Gliwice, Jastrz\u0119bie-Zdr\u00f3j, Piekary \u015al\u0105skie, Pszczyna, and Ruda \u015al\u0105ska. The research was carried out during the so-called second wave of the pandemic (the second shutdown of schools), i.e. from December to February during the 2020\/2021 school year. A total of 8,670 teachers, children, and parents participated in the study. The aim of the research was to obtain a picture of remote education from the perspective of all its participants.<\/span><\/p>\n Marcin Gierczyk, PhD, a team member from the University of Silesia, stated that \u201cOur research was conducted during the second wave of the pandemic, when teachers had already been prepared to some extent for remote teaching, therefore the questionnaires did not show problems concerning the technical side of the implementation of online education.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The general picture of remote teaching in eight communes is presented in the report entitled \u201cEdukacja zdalna w wojew\u00f3dztwie \u015bl\u0105skim w dobie pandemii SARS-CoV-2\u201d (Remote education in the Silesian Voivodeship in the era of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic), prepared for the \u201cPro Silesia\u201d Business – University – Region Association by three members of the team: Dagmara Dobosz, PhD, Marcin Gierczyk, PhD, and Edyta Nieduziak, PhD, from the Institute of Pedagogy of the University of Silesia (<\/span>Download the report<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n \n