The role of both parents and teachers in their children’s education has a significant impact on their ability to participate in school. Opportunities and challenges for teachers in learning as a type of transformative pedagogy, particularly in the post-pandemic period, are how teachers may be “present” and their presence is felt by students even when they are not face to face in class. This study aims to investigate parents’ and teachers’ perspectives on the usefulness of online learning for children during the pandemic as a crucial pedagogical innovation. The technique used in this study was an online questionnaire delivered via social media to 45 teachers aged 23 to above 40 years and 51 parents aged 26 to above 40 years. Cronbach-alpha was used to assess instrument validity and reliability. According to the study, parents and teachers believe face-to-face learning is more effective than online learning, saves time, and reduces monthly costs. They also need to see the benefits of online learning because it does not measure children’s competencies about learning objectives. This situation is due to teachers’ and parents’ digital literacy needs. As many as 58% of parents and 60% of teachers indicate that they experience difficulty accessing the internet. The study’s implications are to increase the quality of online learning, beginning with enhancing instructors’ digital competency and giving ICT training, despite the fact that the learning has now returned to face-to-face.

Authors:
Della Jovanka, State University of Jakarta & Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Yufiarti Yufiarti, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia
Elindra Yetti, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia
Sofia Hartati, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia

About the Presenter(s)
Della Raymena Jovanka is currently a doctoral student in Early Childhood Education at Jakarta State University. Della works as a lecturer at the Open University, Indonesia. Della's general interest is in teachers’ digital competence.

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