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ABSTRACT
This paper will provide insight into the current emphasis of research on distance education and elearning. The review is organized by
CHAPTER I- INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
Education is an important portion of a person's life. People accept this and, therefore,
spend a lot of time and thoughts about the school they wish to enrol their children into, which
university or college they would love their children enrolled into, what types of courses may
prove advantageous to the children, etc. Together with the real discipline or field one selects to
learn the way of education is also vital.
In earlier times classroom learning was embedded in the system. Classroom Learning is a
classroom way of education or teaching through which the students are present and integrated
into the class, and a teacher teaches them. Most, if not all, persons are quite familiar with the
classroom because they have received basic education in the classroom.
Today, modern education looks different than it did last year. Aided by digital technology
and internet connections, the education systems around the world are experiencing a radical
change. Educators and IT admins are navigating a new instructional environment and making
crucial decisions to ensure their students have equitable access to digital tools and resources.
While students and parents at home face the daily challenge of asynchronous class sessions and
the additional financial burden it brings with it.
This modern education system is now called ‘Distance Education’ or ‘Distance
Learning.’ “Distance education is defined as a method of teaching where the student and teacher
are physically separated. It can utilize a combination of technologies, including correspondence,
audio, video, computer, and the Internet” (Roffe, 2004). Distance Learning can be defined as the
type of education through which the resource of knowledge or information and students are
divided by the space and time. Therefore, online learning, home learning, e-learning, all are
included in the distance learning. In other words, it is learning through various technological
equipment or packages.
It is stated that the distance education was originally provided by the University of
London in the 1850s. Hence, Distance Learning is relatively old, however; this concept is getting
more and more popular now. People have become more interested in finding new ways of
learning, so the followers of distance education are increasing. Though, some people have
confidence in the new method of learning is distance learning truly the way to go.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global
pandemic. Following the speed with which COVID-19 spread to all parts of the world, and to
contain the spread of the disease, most governments around the world, including the US,
authorized unprecedented social containment measures to stem the tide (Armstrong-Mensah,
Ramsey-White, Yankey, & Self-Brown, 2020).
Subsequently, distance learning was introduced in Belize, by the Ministry of Education,
as the primary method of teaching. The purpose of distance learning was to allow teachers to
carry out the school curriculum with students until they return to the classroom.
Presently, schools around the country of Belize remain closed and solely depend on the
use of distance learning as its primary mode of teaching students. Valentine (2002) goes on to
discuss that, “Despite the promises and obvious advantages to distance learning, there are
problems that need to be resolved” (p. 7).
While the urban primary school in the Cayo District has incorporated distance learning in
their school curriculum, parents are still adjusting to the “new normal” of teaching their children
from home. As a result of this, parents have been experiencing difficulties with grasping distance
learning methods of instruction.
Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the burden distance learning has on parents of
students at an urban primary School in the Cayo District.
The hypothesis of the study will be “The barriers to Distance learning, if removed, will
make it less burdensome for parents of students at an urban primary School in the Cayo District.”
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