Abstract:

Theoretical framework:
Pandemia COVID-19 has launched new ways of learning at home and the increased use of online educational tools and approaches. This situation inevitably leads to reflections on the educational environment and background of the children and the vital help and support of parents. This study focuses on the foster parents' perspective of homeschooling and e-learning. The elderly foster parents try to adapt to this new situation and accomplish their task to raise and homeschool two boys 10 and 12 years old that have in their legal care. With the specific factors done by the environment and background of this type of family, there might be an educational disadvantage.

Goals:
This study aims to describe and conceptualize the specific problems of the family in which elderly foster couple is in the role of parents in distance learning education and homeschooling during pandemia COVID-19.

Methods:
This research is a case study where the source of data was an in-depth interview with foster parents from a pre-selected family based on content criteria.

Findings:
According to data, there are educational disadvantages in foster parents´ different views of upbringing and education overall, which is then specifically reflected in their approach to distance learning and homeschooling due to their situational, cultural, economic, and social aspects.

Keywords:

Distance learning, e-learning, foster children, educational disadvantage.