Covid-19 och Skolan : - En jämförande fallstudie om coronapandemins effekter på skolan och elever

Sammanfattning: In the beginning of 2020, the world was first introduced to the Covid-19 virus. The virus spread from China to all over the globe, causing a global pandemic. Different countries and governments had different strategies in order to stop the spread of the virus. Some countries had a more aggressive strategy with the use of shutdowns and quarantines, and other countries were less aggressive and tried to not make any drastic decisions that would have negative effects on parts of the society. The school during the pandemic went to face many difficult challenges. In most parts of the world schools switched to remote learning on distance. The purpose of this study is to find out how the schools and students were affected by this sudden change in education. To answers this question this study is going to map out and compare how Sweden and Australia acted during the pandemic, and then look over how students’ health, study habits and student achievements were affected by these actions. The method used to find answers to these questions was to use previous studies, research, and publications, In a so called a comparing case-study. The results have shown that the pandemic and remote learning has had negative impact on students learning, health and motivation. Despite the difference in actions between Sweden and Australia there seems to be no obvious difference in how students and school were affected in respective country.