Parents’ Expectations about Educational Institutions during the Pandemic: Results of Nationwide Questionnaire Research in Poland

Agnieszka Szczudlińska-Kanoś, Małgorzata Marzec and Bożena Freund
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Agnieszka Szczudlińska-Kanoś: Institute of Public Affairs, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
Małgorzata Marzec: Institute of Public Affairs, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
Bożena Freund: Institute of Public Affairs, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Risks, 2022, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: (1) Background: The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the problem of combining work and private life. The pandemic conditions have turned out to be particularly difficult for parents who, due to changes in the organization of the education system, have been forced to reconcile their professional duties with the raising of childcare. Thanks to the recommendations for cooperation between schools and parents proposed in this study, it will be possible to reduce the risk and uncertainty of achieving common goals of the education system. (2) Methods: In the preparation of nationwide research, a questionnaire was provided to a sample of 10,331 respondents, including 7800 professional parents, in a trial form before a transition to the study of children. (3) Results: The analysis of the data showed that educational institutions should shape their activities based on cooperation with the family environment of children. (4) Conclusions: Educational institutions can help working parents in times of increased uncertainty. Parents reported that in caring for children, it would be helpful to operate educational institutions in stationary mode. Moreover, they expect increases in extracurricular and extra-curricular activities.

Keywords: parents; educational institutions; COVID-19 pandemic; cooperation; school management; educational policy; risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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