Digital adaptation and educational support : challenges of low-income families in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic
This paper studies the impact of Covid-19 on the ability of lower-income families in Singapore to navigate and adapt to digital transformation in education. Through qualitative interviews with 10 parents and 4 organisations, it will focus on the challenges and practices pertaining to how parents sup...
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| author | Tay, Mei Ling Choo, Clara Jia En |
| author2 | Zhan Shaohua |
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| description | This paper studies the impact of Covid-19 on the ability of lower-income families in Singapore to navigate and adapt to digital transformation in education. Through qualitative interviews with 10 parents and 4 organisations, it will focus on the challenges and practices pertaining to how parents supported their children in home-based learning (HBL) during the CB period, between early April to May 2020. We also conduct a comparison with middle-income and higher-income households to investigate how parents mobilised their resources and prioritised their commitments differently. Specifically, we argue that social class is an integral factor in mediating this whole experience. We saw that classic divisions along education and socio-economic status translated to digital disparities not only in access to digital devices, but trickle down deeper to shape parents and children’s capabilities in terms of their differentiated ability to fully harness technology for an effective HBL experience. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1472092023-03-05T15:43:05Z Digital adaptation and educational support : challenges of low-income families in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic Tay, Mei Ling Choo, Clara Jia En Zhan Shaohua School of Social Sciences shzhan@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Sociology This paper studies the impact of Covid-19 on the ability of lower-income families in Singapore to navigate and adapt to digital transformation in education. Through qualitative interviews with 10 parents and 4 organisations, it will focus on the challenges and practices pertaining to how parents supported their children in home-based learning (HBL) during the CB period, between early April to May 2020. We also conduct a comparison with middle-income and higher-income households to investigate how parents mobilised their resources and prioritised their commitments differently. Specifically, we argue that social class is an integral factor in mediating this whole experience. We saw that classic divisions along education and socio-economic status translated to digital disparities not only in access to digital devices, but trickle down deeper to shape parents and children’s capabilities in terms of their differentiated ability to fully harness technology for an effective HBL experience. Bachelor of Arts in Sociology 2021-03-26T04:58:55Z 2021-03-26T04:58:55Z 2021 Final Year Project (FYP) Tay, M. L. & Choo, C. J. E. (2021). Digital adaptation and educational support : challenges of low-income families in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147209 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147209 en Hsb20_42 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Sociology Tay, Mei Ling Choo, Clara Jia En Digital adaptation and educational support : challenges of low-income families in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title | Digital adaptation and educational support : challenges of low-income families in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Digital adaptation and educational support : challenges of low-income families in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Digital adaptation and educational support : challenges of low-income families in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital adaptation and educational support : challenges of low-income families in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Digital adaptation and educational support : challenges of low-income families in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | digital adaptation and educational support challenges of low income families in singapore during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | Social sciences::Sociology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147209 |
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