"More Time on My Hands": Children and Young People's Writing during the COVID-19 Lockdown in 2020. National Literacy Trust Research Report

Autor/inn/en	Clark, Christina; Picton, Irene; Lant, Fay
Institution	National Literacy Trust (United Kingdom)
Titel	"More Time on My Hands": Children and Young People's Writing during the COVID-19 Lockdown in 2020. National Literacy Trust Research Report
Quelle	(2020), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Writing (Composition); COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Children; Adolescents; Creative Writing; Well Being; Writing Attitudes; Attitude Change; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Leisure Time + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibübung; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kreatives Schreiben; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Freizeit
Abstract	Children and young people's enjoyment of writing is at almost its lowest level in a decade. Although there has been some improvement since 2019, and a significant jump in the number of children writing daily outside school, there is still work to be done. Since the onset of the global pandemic and lockdown, there has been a blurring of the boundaries between home and school. Writing encompasses everything from the first, physical act of mark making to the process of articulating knowledge, concepts or imaginative ideas via the written word. This report will show the two key themes that emerged when children and young people were asked about their lockdown writing, which were creativity and wellbeing. It is encouraging that so many of them felt equipped to turn to writing as an outlet for self-expression during this difficult period. It also raises questions about how educators can continue to support these aspects of writing that are clearly important to students when they return to school. Looking forward, educators must ensure all children are able to use writing as a means of navigating difficult circumstances that might arise in the future. The National Literacy Trust conducted their latest Annual Literacy Survey between January and mid-March 2020. The survey closed the week before the United Kingdom (UK) went into lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which meant that schools closed for all but children of key workers and those deemed most vulnerable. This year's Annual Literacy Survey was the most popular to date, with 58,346 children and young people aged 9 to 18 from 315 UK schools participating between January and March 2020. However, given the suddenly changed environment, educators were also keen to capture any possible changes to children and young people's literacy practices as a result of lockdown. Therefore there was a re-approach to the schools that had previously taken part in the research to see whether they would be interested in surveying their pupils while they were largely staying home. 4,141 pupils aged 8 to 18 from 51 schools took part in an online survey between May and early June 20201. This report outlines the findings on children and young people's writing before and during lockdown. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01