Abstract:

During the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus from March 2020, many areas of social functioning changed in Poland. A number of factors related to daily duties, work and organization of time and activities have changed as well, both for children and adults. These changes also included children's and youth education. Distance learning is a huge challenge, no matter if in primary school or among university students. The aim of the research was to learn and analyze educational challenges and forms of education undertaken by students before and during the pandemic.The research asked problem-related questions about the most common forms of distance learning and problems related with it along with opinions on the usage of learning opportunities using on-line techniques in the future.The research was conducted on a group of social work students. We used an opinion poll method, survey technique and questionnaire analysis to conduct the research. In our article, we present research findings related to the challenges within education that arose in connection with the coronavirus epidemic along with our conclusions and we propose practical actions as per students' opinions.

Keywords:

Education, distance learning, pandemic, students.