Supporting Resilience in Pandemic Times: Children's Perspectives in a Primary School (Digital) Newspaper

• Main Author: Giovanna Malusà (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Bologna, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1590-492X; 1825-8670; 10.6092/issn.1825-8670/16429
• Keywords: remote teaching; pandemic; primary school; autobiographical narration; resilience education; Education; L
• Source: Encyclopaideia, Vol 27, Iss 66, Pp 13-31 (2023)

The case study, conducted in the fourth class of a primary school, explores emotional lives and strategies described by children in times of Covid-19. Learning, both distance and in-class, involved cooperative activities and autobiographical narration mediated through technology and compiled in a school (digital) newspaper, with the aim of supporting the children's sense of belonging and fostering their resilience during the 2020 lockdown. Through a Grounded Theory analysis of the data ‒ texts and drawings/images collected in the newspaper ‒ 3 categories emerge (Enduring the pandemic, Adopting strategies and Experiencing a different school), which will be discussed in the light of the pandemic and suggest the need to promote resilience education in the classroom, beyond the emergency.