It was intended as the first step towards classroom teaching.
Graduating classes should come back to school alternately.
But the concept is not well received.
Munich
- Distance teaching versus face-to-face teaching has been the topic of contention for many schools, parents and politicians since the beginning of the
corona pandemic *
.
The discussion about the balance between
infection protection
and
adequate knowledge transfer
at the beginning of January has
reignited
.
Because of the high number of
Corona *
cases
, it was decided to close schools and daycare centers in Bavaria.
Since then, the children and young people in the Free State have been
homeschooling
.
At least for the graduating classes this will be over as of today (February 1st).
But only a few are happy about that.
Corona in schools: changing lessons is the worst variant
Because instead of switching completely to
face-to-face teaching for final classes
, the Ministry of Culture has come up with an interim solution -
alternating
teaching
.
This means that part of the class comes to school as normal, while the other part takes part in the lesson virtually via the computer or tablet.
The aim is to reduce the number of students on site and
minimize
the
risk of infection
.
A method that the
Bavarian Philologists Association
(bpv) with its chairman Michael Schwägerl
regards
as the
worst variant
.
Because despite the high effort and the unfamiliar situation, the
distance lessons went
better than expected.
“But now half courses are being brought into schools, which then binds the teachers there.
This is also at the expense of other classes, ”fears the
bpv
, for example
.
The state
parents' association
sees it similarly: "
Alternating
lessons are not only the most difficult and strenuous organizational variant, but also less effective than well-structured lessons from a distance." So why was this concept chosen?
Schwägerl has a guess: "Many teachers and students feel currently used as guinea pigs for standing in the room throughout Bavaria
School opening from mid-February
." So that will also see the teacher at a Munich high school and have a letter * to Culture Minister
Michael Piazolo
(CDU) and Country Manager
Markus Söder
(CSU) wrote.
Corona in schools: Changing lessons means additional stress for teachers
For teachers in particular,
alternating
lessons are associated with a lot more stress and driving.
Experts fear that lessons could be canceled more often.
“In many places, teachers have to go home first to have a good, stable
internet connection
,” writes the Bavarian Association of Directors, BayDV.
"A mixture of
alternating
lessons
for
some and at the same time
distance learning
for others is practically impossible and creates uncertainty and, in the worst case, chaos", criticized the state chairman Walter Baier.
For Schwägerl and the
bpv
only either or is possible.
“Either we stay in the
distance lesson
or we can pandemically allow the whole Q12 to be included.” Exams could already be written in sufficiently large rooms in face-to-face format.
And
face-to-face lessons
could
also
take place again
with a comprehensive test strategy in schools or better
protective masks
.
"
From our point of view,
face-
to-
face teaching
in schools can
only be considered with significantly increased
health protection
,
" said Schwägerl.
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