In-Person or Online? A Qualitative Analysis of Parents’ Back-to-School Decision-Making During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Doherty, Kieran
dc.contributor.authorBeijbom, Anna Mikaela
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-14T17:00:24Z
dc.date.available2022-09-14T17:00:24Z
dc.date.copyright2022
dc.date.created2022-09-09
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen
dc.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
dc.degree.programmePsychologyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures have disrupted family life in Ontario since its onset in 2020. Families were required to transition to online learning from March to June 2020. For the 2020-2021 school year, parents had to choose between continuing with online learning or having their children return to school in-person in an adapted school environment. I conducted a qualitative analysis of 34 interviews with parents of school-aged children in Ontario. This thesis investigated how parents navigated making the back-to-school decision on behalf of their children. The analysis shows the various ways in which considerations like the threat of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, family specific qualities, and previous experiences with online learning featured in back-to-school decision-making.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10214/27234
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen
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dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectback-to-schoolen_US
dc.subjectOntarioen_US
dc.subjectonline learningen_US
dc.subjectparents of school-aged childrenen_US
dc.titleIn-Person or Online? A Qualitative Analysis of Parents’ Back-to-School Decision-Making During the Covid-19 Pandemicen_US
dc.typeThesisen
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