Secondary School Students’ Experience with Online Lessons during the First Two Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

In the proposed paper, the authors present the results of a questionnaire survey on Slovak secondary school students’ experiences gained during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two questionnaire surveys have been carried out within an ongoing research project focused on the limits of online learning in secondary schools and on new opportunities brought by the involuntary transfer from school-based to distance learning during the pandemic crisis. The research sample consists of secondary school students who, in June 2020, were questioned about their experiences with online lessons during the first wave of the pandemic, and, in the academic year 2020/2021, a questionnaire on their experiences gained during the second pandemic wave was administered to them. Even though the results point to certain issues and fields which need to be improved, students showed overall satisfaction with the live-streamed lessons during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.