3 aprile 2021
While it is hoped that the blockade to in-presence schooling will be loosened, more and more evidence is emerging of the limitations of remote classes: for 66.8 percent of the students, the preparation they achieved is estimated to be less than what they would have achieved with classes conducted regularly in presence.
Below is a link to a web-based reading of the interview https://www.firstradioweb.com/2021/04/03/dad-focus-studenti-meno-preparati-e-rischio-maturita/
Dad: focus, less prepared students and risk Final State Exam
Nappo (Freud Milan), problems should not be denied but solved
MILAN, APR 03 - Distance Learning (DAD) is creating quite a few problems for students regardless of the efficiency of the system and the commitment of teachers: according to a focus carried out by Freud High School in Milan, 66.8 percent of students think that the preparation they have achieved is less than what they would have had by going to school, so much so that 34.8 percent believe they do not have adequate preparation to face the next school year or the state exam in June for fifth grade students.
More than 500 young people of the more than 700 enrolled answered the questions the last two weeks of March.
Among other negative aspects, nearly 33 percent claimed that contrasts with family members have become more pronounced emotionally. Nevertheless, looking to the future, 33.2 percent believe it would be useful to continue using DAD, along with classroom instruction, even after the Covid emergency.
"It would be wrong to deny the negative aspects of DAD; on the contrary, they need to be explored, addressed and possibly resolved," explains Director Daniele Nappo.
It has been a tough experience, and one must also prepare for the future because no one knows what the effects of the pandemic will be in the short term, let alone over a long period of time."
76.8 percent of students said that the homework increased compared to traditional classes: for 12.5 percent, the study load was also unbearable due to the modes lacking personal relationships with classmates and teachers, while for 64.3 percent, although increased, the load was nevertheless sustainable. Fundamental, for more than 90 percent of the students, was the technical functionality - interconnection, tablets and cell phones - and the teachers' special efforts to make the lessons interesting even in an atypical situation
