Essays about: "school closures"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words school closures.

  1. 1. The impact of school closures on educational return rates in Kenya : A regression analysis of socioeconomic differences and other influential factors

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Mimmi Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Kenya; Covid-19; socio-economic differences; school closures; gender differences.;

    Abstract : This paper studies how the school closures in Kenya as a result of the corona pandemic have affected students in Kenya depending on different socio-economic classes. In addition, the study examines how access to the internet, the gender of the student, access to education during the school closures and location of residence affected the return to school after the school closures in Kenya. READ MORE

  3. 2. Evaluating the Effect of School Closures on Societal Transmission of Covid-19: Evidence from Lower Secondary School Closures in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sebastian Shaqiri; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Covid-19; Sweden; school closures; synthetic control method;

    Abstract : In lightoftheCovid-19pandemic,oneofthemostcommoninterventions used bycountrieswastoshutdownschoolsinthehopeofmitigatingvirus transmission. However,theeffectivenessofschoolclosuresstilllacks consensus intheliteratureduetotheseeminglydifficulttaskofestimating the causaleffectofclosingschools. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ådalen - Craft in Continuation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Josefin Eleonor Antus; [2022]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The site of the project is located in Ådalen, a stretch along Ångermanälven in northern Sweden. A region that during the 19th century grew and flourished through the wood industry only to stagnate and be phased out in the middle of the 20th century. After that the region has been fraught with closures and population decline. READ MORE

  5. 4. Childcare, Social Norms and COVID-19: Does Internet Access Help Women Cope with the Increase in Childcare during COVID-19?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Chengkun Li; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Gender Gap; Employment Loss; Childcare; Internet Access;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the changes in women's employment due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the school closure policies in response to the pandemic, by employing a Difference in Difference method. The data is mainly retrieved from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys and COVID-19 Follow-up Surveys across 38 countries. READ MORE

  6. 5. Distance Education in Sweden Prompted by the Covid-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Emma Östmann; [2021-08-16]
    Keywords : Covid-19; distance education; Swedish upper secondary school;

    Abstract : Aim: This master's thesis problematizes distance education in Swedish upper secondary schools from a school management, teacher, as well as a student perspective. The study aims to capture principals’, teachers’ and students’ experiences of the transition into distance education during school closures prompted by Covid-19 in 2020, and contribute to the body of research on distance education. READ MORE