A research project funded by the British Academy aims to undertake an After Action Review to safeguard the health and well-being of adolescents participating in online learning during and following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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OLAW C19 Project
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, schools across the world switched to online education as early as February 2020 to contain the spread of the disease.
While schools in China gradually have reopened since April 2020, Beijing had to close schools again in June due a resurgence of cases. Periodic school closing has become an important containment strategy until effective treatment and/or vaccination for COVID-19 becomes available.
Employing the ‘facilitated look-backs’, a quality improvement method validated in previous epidemics, this pilot project will involve schools and stakeholders in Beijing and Wuhan to generate evidence to inform a wider rollout across China and to other countries and for future epidemic responses.
Our objectives
Timeline
April 2021 – Our logo is born
Our research logo was designed and launched in April 2021.
May 2021 – Guest collaborative lecture given for the Global and Digital Perspectives in Education course at UEA
Dr Tinghe Jin and Dr Yujun Xu delivered a collaborative lecture for the course Global and Digital Perspectives in Education, discussing issues on Health and well-being in education. They introduced our project on online learning and adolescents’ health and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic in China, inviting UEA students to reflect on the issues from intercultural perspectives.
June 2021 – Scoping review stage 1
The research team conducted the first stage of scoping review in order to achieve an understanding of the existing literature (written in either Chinese or English) and contextual situation regarding the adolescents’ health and wellbeing in online learning during the pandemic in China.
July 2021 – Presentation at CERA annual conference
Dr Tinghe Jin and Dr Yujun Xu were invited to participate in a panel discussion at CERA Annual conference ‘Looking to the future: how our work in education could be supported for sustainable development and social wellbeing’ along with colleagues from UNESCO, UNSSC, Queen’s University Belfast and UEA.
July 2021 - We're on Twitter now!
You can follow us @C19Olaw to get the latest news on OLAW-C19.
August 2021 - Our web page was launched
September 2021 – Taking off to China
Our research associate flew to China and finished 21 days quarantine before stepping into the field, meeting gatekeepers and participants.
November 2021- Online seminar at the University of Durham
Dr Tinghe Jin hosted an online seminar entitled ‘Online Learning and adolescents' health & wellbeing amid Covid-19 Lockdown’ at the University of Durham where she shared preliminary insights of interviewing with headteachers in schools in China and how this has informed the design of pilot study.
December 2021- Online webinar on OLAE-C19 BA Project
Dr Tinghe Jin, Dr Chunfeng Xie and Dr Yujun Xu hosted a joint online webinar on school students’ physical and mental health during Covid-19. The participants are headteachers of schools in China.
December 2021 – Stage 2 of the Scoping Review
Research team researched relevant empirical studies in the global context published from 2019 to 2021, and continued our analysis on existing literature.
January 2022- Developing survey items and interview schedule
Research group identified indicators to develop survey items, and developed interview questions based on literature review.
February 2022 – Leicester Seminar [Online webinar]
Dr Tinghe Jin, Dr Yujun Xu, and Dr Palitha Edirisingha presented preliminary findings from our project at the research seminar at the University of Leicester. March 2022- Development of research instruments
Teachers’, students’ and parents’ survey and interview questions were developed and translated into Chinese. We also developed an online tool ‘Wenjuanxing’ to undertake survey.
April 2022- Pilot Study
Pilot study was conducted to improve survey and interview questions.
June 2022 to Present – Main fieldwork Stage
Interviews and questionnaires with school students, parents, and teachers in China were conducted online. Interviews were recorded and transcribed, and the transcripts were discussed within the research group to identify coding themes.
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