Influences and repercussions of the pandemic on the learning and university pathways of graduate students in education sciences: experiential accounts of three doctoral students

Influences and repercussions of the pandemic on the learning and university pathways of graduate students in education sciences: experiential accounts of three doctoral students

• Marjorie Cuerrier, Université de Montréal, Canada

• Anne-Sophie Aubin, Université de Montréal, Canada

• Delphine Tremblay-Gagnon, Université de Montréal, Canada

doi : https://dx.doi.org/10.18162/fp.2020.698

Résumé

Since the start of the pandemic, the education field has been particularly hard hit. Schools had no choice but to close their doors to over 1.6 billion students and 60 million teachers worldwide from March to May 2020. Nor did universities escape the influences and repercussions of these closures, with notable impacts on graduate students in the education sciences. Three doctoral students share their stories of the experience, revealing three predominantly affected areas: psychological health, working conditions, and tasks.

Abstract

Since the start of the pandemic, the education field has been particularly hard hit. Schools had no choice but to close their doors to over 1.6 billion students and 60 million teachers worldwide from March to May 2020. Nor did universities escape the influences and repercussions of these closures, with notable impacts on graduate students in the education sciences. Three doctoral students share their stories of the experience, revealing three predominantly affected areas: psychological health, working conditions, and tasks.