Luísa Ribeiro Trigo|Rosário Serrão Cunha|Maria Conceição Silva|Marisa Carvalho|Maria Luísa Vital
Parental Involvement during Pandemic Times: Challenges and Opportunities
Universidade Católica Portuguesa|Universidade Católica Portuguesa|Universidade Católica Portuguesa|Universidade Católica Portuguesa
due covid19 many countries implemented emergency plans lockdown school closures new situation significantly affected families namely involvement required support childrens learning home current study aimed analyze portuguese parents perceptions homebased parental involvement childrens learning lockdown school closures 2020 due covid19 online survey using closedended questionnaire employed variables included parents sociodemographic covid19 related characteristics students sociodemographic characteristics distance learning context parental involvement students autonomy data collected sample 21333 parents children elementary school secondary education statistical data analysis performed using ibm spss statistics 26 findings revealed portuguese parents supported children pandemic mainly monitoring attention classes task realization however several variables appear significantly determine parental involvement time higher students attend public schools less autonomous younger parents level education lower child boy except secondary education gender relevant online school time higher findings highlight need significant investment time parents particularly primary school children making difficult cohere work telework school activities implications policies schools families discussed order promote childrens learning success