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Executive, Gallup Pakistan Email: natasha@galluppakistan.com This WEEKLY
REPORT consists of 39 national
& multi country surveys 9 polling
organizations have been represented. India (Inflation, Sports),
Singapore (Entertainment),
Turkey (Employment
Issues, Inflation), UAE (Sports) – 06 national
polls Zambia (Governance),
Morocco (Economic
Globalization), Namibia (Health) – 03 national
polls UK(Social Problems, Inflation, Performance Ratings, Performance Ratings, Health, Sports, Justice, Sports, Regional Conflicts), France (Inflation, Science & Technology), USA(Lifestyle, Regional Conflicts, Lifestyle, Sports, Consumer Confidence, Ethnicity, Education), Canada (Education, Health), Australia (Lifestyle, Inflation)
– 22 national polls |
PEW – 198 Countries
(Religion) WIN – 198 Countries
(Environment) Gallup – 15 Countries (Regional Conflicts) Ipsos Spain – 28 Countries (Health) YouGov France – 05 Countries (Healtha36) YouGov Sweden – 17 Countries (Morality, Values &
Customs) YouGov UK – 10 Countries (International
Organizations) Ipsos Brazil – 28 Countries (Sports) Debate On Gains And
Losses Of Remote Education During COVID 19. Is Hybrid Model For Children? The
Best Views From USA Academic,
Emotional Concerns Outweigh COVID-19 Risks In Parents’ Views About Keeping
Schools Open, Only A Few (9%) Say School Should Be Fully Online |
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727-728-01 Half
Of Urban Indians (55%) Follow The
Budget, And Many More Agree It Impacts Their Personal Finances (Click for Details) (India) Ahead of Budget 2022 which
will be presented by the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1st February
2022, data from YouGov’s latest survey reveals three-quarters (74%) of urban
Indians agree that income tax is important for the country’s economic development.
Having said that, nearly two-thirds (65%) of them are unhappy about the
current tax structure in the country and a higher proportion (77%) feels the
tax structure should vary depending on a person's economic status. (YouGov India) January 28,
2022 3.4 Economy »
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727-728-02 Indian
Premier League Tops YouGov’s 2022
Sports Buzz Rankings In India Yet Again (Click for Details) (YouGov India) February
1, 2022 4.15 Society »
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727-728-03 Three-Quarters
(76%) Of Singaporeans Who Typically Celebrate Chinese New Year Intend To
Proceed With Celebrations This Year, As
Compared To Only 60% Last Year (Click for
Details) (Singapore) Two years on from the very
first reported case of Covid-19 in the nation, Singapore’s Chinese New Year
celebrations are set to be a comparatively muted affair for the second year
running, following news that current safe management rules will stay in place
during the festive season. Latest data from YouGov shows three-quarters (76%)
of Singaporeans who typically celebrate Chinese New Year intend to proceed
with celebrations this year, as compared to only 60% last year. (YouGov Singapore) January 28,
2022 4.16 Society »
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727-728-04 In
The 21st Month Of The Epidemic, The
Practice Of Remote Working In Companies Continues At A Rate Of Only 9% In
Turkey (Click for Details) (Turkey) In the 21st month of the
epidemic, the practice of remote working in companies continues at a rate of
only 9%. The new working model, the hybrid working model, is applied in 8% of
the companies. The working model foreseen at the end of the pandemic is the
flexible-time working model. It is thought that remote and hybrid working
models will be implemented in 10% of companies. Considering the first 3
problems experienced by the employees, it can be said that there is not much
change. Today, employee motivation is stated as an even more important
problem. (Ipsos Turkey) 25 January
2022 3.3 Economy »
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727-728-05 In
Turkey, 3 Out Of 4 Employees Want To
Find A Solution To The Cost Of Lives If They Could (Click for Details) (Ipsos Turkey) 1 February
2022 3.4 Economy »
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727-728-06 The
Summer Olympics Tops YouGov’s 2022
Sports Buzz Rankings In UAE (Click for
Details) (UAE) The Summer Olympics
dethroned its nearest rival FIFA World Cup in YouGov’s 2022 Sports Buzz
Rankings in the UAE to become the sports property with the most positive Buzz
among the residents in the country (39.9). The quadrennial mega-event
outscored the FIFA World Cup (which now holds the second position with a buzz
score of 33.6) by more than six points. Formula 1 makes a strong showing to
appear in third place (23.6) in our ranking. (YouGov MENA) February
1, 2022 4.15 Society »
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AFRICA Regions |
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727-728-07 Three-Quarters
(75%) Of Zambians Say The Previous
Government Did A Poor Job Of Addressing The Needs Of Young People (Click
for Details) (Afrobarometer) 24
January 2022 1.3 Domestic
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727-728-08 Seven
In 10 Moroccans (70%) Want The
Government To Continue To Permit Foreigners And Foreign Corporations To Set
Up Retail Shops In The Country (Click for
Details) (Morocco) Moroccans welcome open
trade and see the United States as the best model for the country’s
development, according to the latest Afrobarometer survey. Large majorities
say that in order to develop, Morocco must trade with other countries and
allow foreign businesses to operate in their country instead of protecting
domestic producers from competition. Two-thirds (65%) of Moroccans say the
country must rely on trade with the rest of the world in order to develop,
including by opening its borders to foreign imports. (Afrobarometer) 1
February 2022 3.6 Economy »
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727-728-09 About
One In Four Adult Citizens (27%) In Namibia Report Having Received At Least
One Dose Of A Covid-19 Vaccine,
According To The Survey In Late 2021 (Click for
Details) (Namibia) More than seven in 10
adult Namibians have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, and a majority of
the unvaccinated say they are likely to stay that way, a recent Afrobarometer
survey indicates. About one in four adult citizens (27%) report having
received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the survey in
late 2021. Another 27% say they are at least “somewhat likely” to get
vaccinated, while 43% say they are unlikely to do so. (Afrobarometer) 3 February
2022 4.11 Society »
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727-728-10 The YouGov Big Survey On Drugs; Four In Ten Britons (40%) Think That Uk
Drug Laws Are Too Soft (Click for Details) (YouGov UK) January 24, 2022 4.13 Society »
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727-728-11 More Than A Third Of Britons Cannot Afford To Heat Their Home To A
Comfortable Level (Click for Details) (UK) A new YouGov survey
reveals that more than a third (37%) of Britons say that, when it is very
cold outside, they cannot afford to heat their home to a level where they are
comfortably warm. This group is made up of 28% who say they can heat their
home to a level where they’re warm, but not as warm as they would like to be,
7% who say they can only afford to stave off the worst of the cold and 2% who
cannot afford to heat their home at all. (YouGov UK) January 26, 2022 3.4 Economy »
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727-728-12 7 In 10 Britons Dissatisfied With Boris Johnson As Prime Minister (Click for
Details) (UK) Dissatisfaction
levels with PM match those of Theresa May in her final months in office. 24%
are satisfied with the job Boris Johnson is doing as Prime Minister (down 4
points from December), 70% are dissatisfied (up 5 points). His net
satisfaction rating now stands at -46. This is Mr Johnson’s lowest net rating
yet. This is only marginally better than John Majors net rating at this point
in his tenure as PM (-50, May 1993). (Ipsos MORI) 27 January 2022 1.2 Domestic
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727-728-13 By 48% To 38% Londoners Think Sadiq Khan Is Doing Badly As Mayor (Click for
Details) (YouGov UK) January 27, 2022 1.2 Domestic
Politics » Performance Ratings |
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727-728-14 Nine In Ten NHS Workers Say Their Workplace Has Seen Staff Shortages Due
To COVID-19 (Click for Details) (UK) A new YouGov survey
of healthcare professionals reveals that 95% of NHS staff say their workplace
has been affected by staff shortages due to COVID-19 recently. This includes
nearly half (48%) who say their workplace has been affected to a “great”
extent and 37% affected to a “moderate” extent. A mere 3% say they haven’t
been affected by recent shortages. Some 18% say recently retired staff have
returned to work to help plug the gap. A further 9% say their workplace is
using volunteers to fill posts. (YouGov UK) February 02, 2022 4.11 Society »
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727-728-15 One In Ten Brits Are Interested In The NFL (Click for Details) (UK) Ahead of Super Bowl
LVI, we take a look at the level of interest in the National Football League
(NFL) in Britain and dig up some key insights into this audience base. YouGov
Profiles data tells us that almost one in ten Brits (9%) are either somewhat
interested in the NFL or say it’s one of their top interests. Two in five
(39%) of those interested in NFL belong to that age group, while they
constitute 35% of the general population. (YouGov UK) February 02, 2022 4.15 Society »
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727-728-16 Britons Lack Confidence In The
Thoroughness, Independence And Likelihood Of Disciplinary Action From The Metropolitan Police Investigation Into
Downing Street Parties (Click for Details)
(Ipsos MORI) 3 February 2022 4.9 Society »
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727-728-17 Wordle: Starter Words, Hard Mode And X/6 - How Are Britons Playing The Hit
Game (Click for Details) (UK) The game of the
moment is Wordle, a simple pastime that gives players six chances to guess a
five-letter word, providing clues based on whether they have guessed any
correct letters and whether they are in the right place. The fact that you
can only play Wordle once per day has some enthusiastic fans clicking on to
the website at the stroke of midnight in order to get their latest fix,
leading to at least one meme on the subject. Our survey shows that this
midnight club constitutes 8% of British players. A further 29% get their
daily Wordle game in before work at 9am, while another 25% will have made
their guesses before noon. (YouGov UK) February 03, 2022 4.15 Society »
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727-728-18 Only 1
In 5 Think Boris Johnson Is Handling
The Situation Between Russia And Ukraine Well, But Few Think Keir Starmer
Would Do A Better Job (Click for Details) (UK) As talks continue
to try and stop Russia invading Ukraine, new research by Ipsos shows 1 in 5
Britons think Boris Johnson has done a good job of handling the ongoing
situation (19%) while 2 in 5 (41%) think he’s done a bad job. Despite an
overall negative view of Boris Johnson’s response to the situation in
Ukraine, few believe the leader of the opposition would do a better job. One
in 5 (22%) say Keir Starmer would do a better job than the current PM in
responding to the situation between Ukraine and Russia, the same proportion
say Boris Johnson would so a better job than the leader of the opposition. (Ipsos MORI) 4 February 2022 2.5 Foreign
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727-728-19 53% Of
French People Say That The Prices They Have Paid In Recent Weeks Generally
Seem Higher Than They Were Six Months
Ago (Click for Details)
(Ipsos France) January 24, 2022 3.4 Economy »
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727-728-20 The
French Are Pessimistic About The
Benefits Of Artificial Intelligence (Click for Details) (France) Ipsos questioned
the French alongside 27 citizens of the world on the confidence they can have
in artificial intelligence. The French are only 50% to understand what AI is
(-14 pts compared to the global), and few (34%) have more confidence in
companies using AI (-16 pts compared to the world average). One of the main
reasons cited: lack of knowledge of products or services that require
artificial intelligence (only 34% of French people say they know them,
compared to 50% overall). (Ipsos France) January 26, 2022 3.11 Economy »
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727-728-21 A Majority
Of U S Adults (61%) Are Optimistic That
The New Year Will Be Better Than The Year That Just Ended (Click for Details)
(PEW) JANUARY 25, 2022 4.7 Society »
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727-728-22 Republicans And Democrats Alike View Russia More As A Competitor Than An Enemy Of The U S (Click for Details) (USA) Overall, 49% of U.S. adults consider Russia
a competitor of the U.S., while 41% say it is an enemy. Only 7% consider
Russia a partner of the U.S. Republicans and Democrats have similar views of
Russia’s relationship to the U.S.: Half of Republicans and Republican-leaning
independents regard Russia as a competitor to the U.S., while 39% say it is
an enemy. Among Democrats and Democratic leaners, 49% view Russia as a
competitor, while 43% see it as an enemy. (PEW) JANUARY 26, 2022 2.5 Foreign Affairs & Security » Regional Conflicts |
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727-728-23 In U S, Women More Likely Than Men To Report Feeling Empathy For Those Suffering (Click for Details) (USA) The Center recently asked Americans about
their thoughts and feelings regarding human suffering in light of the
pandemic and other recent tragedies, finding that women and men answered a
few questions somewhat differently. Two-thirds of women (66%) say that in the
past year, they have personally thought “a lot” or “some” about big questions
such as the meaning of life, whether there is any purpose to suffering and
why terrible things happen to people, compared with 55% of men who report the
same. (PEW) JANUARY 28, 2022 4.7 Society »
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727-728-24 More Adults Approve(46%) Than Disapprove (22%) Of U S Diplomatic Boycott Of Olympics; Few
Have Heard Much About It (Click for
Details)
(PEW) JANUARY 31,
2022 4.15 Society »
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727-728-25 Public’s Views Of Supreme Court Turned More Negative Before News Of Breyer’s Retirement (Click for Details) (USA) In a national survey by Pew Research
Center, 54% of U.S. adults say they have a favorable opinion of the Supreme
Court while 44% have an unfavorable view. The survey was conducted before
Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement from the court and President
Joe Biden reiterated his pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the
Supreme Court to replace Breyer. Over the past three years, the share of adults
with a favorable view of the court has declined 15 percentage points,
according to the new survey, conducted Jan. 10-17 among 5,128 adults on the
Center’s American Trends Panel. (Gallup) FEBRUARY
2, 2022 3.2 Economy » Consumer Confidence |
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727-728-26 Black Women Account For A Small Fraction (2%) Of The Federal Judges Who Have Served To Date (Click for Details) (USA) Only 70 of the 3,843 people who have ever
served as federal judges in the United States – fewer than 2% – have been
Black women, according to a biographical database maintained by the Federal
Judicial Center, the research and education arm of the federal judiciary.
That figure includes single-race, multiracial and Hispanic or Afro-Latina
Black women who have served on federal courts governed by Article III of the
U.S. Constitution, including the Supreme Court, 13 appeals courts and 91
district courts. It excludes appointees to non-Article III territorial courts
in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands. (PEW) FEBRUARY
2, 2022 4.3 Society »
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727-728-27 Debate On Gains And Losses Of Remote Education During COVID 19. Is Hybrid Model For
Children? The Best Views From USA (Click for
Details)
(Gallup) FEBRUARY
3, 2022 4.10 Society » Education |
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(USA) Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant, a narrow
majority of parents of K-12 students (53%) say schools in the United States
should be providing a mix of in-person and online instruction this winter,
according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Some 37% say K-12 schools
should be providing in-person instruction only, while just 9% say schools
should be fully online. (PEW) FEBRUARY
4, 2022 4.10 Society »
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727-728-29 Half (52%) Of Canadians Agree Government Should Enact A Tax On
Unvaccinated People (Click for
Details) (Canada) A new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of
Global News reveals that this measure is divisive across the country - half
(52%) of Canadians agree (25% strongly/27% somewhat) that the government
should enact a tax on unvaccinated people, whereas another half (48%)
disagree with this measure. Those aged 55+, who are more likely to have
negative health effects from COVID-19, are more likely to be in support of
this measure compared to other age groups (58% 55+, 47% 18-34, 50% 35-54). (Ipsos
Canada) 24
January 2022 4.11 Society »
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727-728-30 Nearly Two-Thirds Of Australians (65%) Say January 26 Should Be Known As
‘Australia Day’ – Up 6% Points On A Year Ago (Click for Details) (Australia) There is quite a gender difference on the
question with men favouring January 26 being known as ‘Australia Day’ rather
than ‘Invasion Day’ by a margin of over 2:1 (70% cf. 30%). In contrast,
Australia’s women are more evenly split with a narrow majority of 60% in
favour of January 26 being known as ‘Australia Day’ compared to 40% saying it
should be known as ‘Invasion Day’. Support for saying January 26 should be
known as ‘Australia Day’ has grown for both genders compared to this time a
year ago. (Roy Morgan) January 25,
2022 4.7 Society »
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727-728-31 Inflation Expectations Dropped 0.1% Points To 4.8% In December; Down From
Seven Year High In November (Click for
Details)
(Roy Morgan) February
01, 2022 3.4 Economy »
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727-728-32 Every Four-In-Ten Countries Worldwide
Had Blasphemy Laws In 2019; A Survey Conducted In 198 Countries (Click for Details) A new Pew Research Center analysis finds that 79 countries and
territories out of the 198 studied around the world (40%) had laws or
policies in 2019 banning blasphemy, which is defined as speech or actions
considered to be contemptuous of God or of people or objects considered
sacred. Twenty-two countries (11%) had laws against apostasy, the act of
abandoning one’s faith. The analysis draws on the Center’s wider body of
research on global restrictions related to religion. (PEW) JANUARY 25, 2022 4.1 Society »
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727-728-33 On A Global Level, 80% Of The
World Population Think That Their Actions Can Help To Improve The Environment
(Click for Details) Global warming is an imminent phenomenon worldwide, considered as a
threat to humanity by 86% of respondents (results remain similar to the ones
obtained in 2020). In the American and African continents, the perception is
higher (89% and 87%, respectively). Vietnam, Indonesia (both with 96%),
Paraguay and Peru (with 94% each) are the countries reporting the highest
number of citizens that consider global warming as a serious threat for
mankind. (WIN) 26 January 2022 4.14 Society » Environment |
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727-728-34 Eastern NATO Members Soured On
Russia Long Before Ukraine; According To A Study Across 14 Eastern European
Countries And U S (Click for
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(Gallup) JANUARY 28, 2022 2.5 Foreign Affairs & Security »
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727-728-35 The Ipsos What Worries The World Study Carried Out In 28 Countries,
Indicates That Covid-19 Is The Main Concern
For 35% Of The World Population (Click for
Details) Covid-19 is the main concern for 35% of the world population, on
average, three points more than the previous month. The data reflects an
increase in concern about the pandemic after it stood at 28% in November
2021, falling to third place in the ranking, the lowest level since its
inclusion in this study. However, the picture is more relaxed than a year
ago, when one in two people surveyed (50% on average) around the world said
that Covid-19 was their main concern. (Ipsos Spain) February 1, 2022 4.11 Society »
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727-728-36 Should We Boycott The Winter
Games In Beijing And The FIFA World Cup In Qatar; A Survey Conducted In 5
Countries (Click for Details) Nearly 7 out of 10 French people (66%) consider that it would be
unacceptable to organize an international sports competition in North Korea.
Similarly, Iran (59%) and Saudi Arabia (51%) are mostly contested by the
French. 59% of Britons and 57% of French believe their country's players and
sports teams should boycott an international sporting event if it takes place
in a country with a poor human rights record. At the same time, we observe
that a large proportion of the population (between 18% and 27%) does not
express an opinion in the 5 countries covered by the study. (YouGov
France) February 3, 2022 4.11 Society »
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727-728-37 19 Ways In Which Foreigners Have
Been Accused Of Abusing Italian Food, Study Carried Out In 17 Countries (Click for Details)
(YouGov
Sweden) February 3, 2022 4.7 Society » Morality, Values &
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727-728-38 What Impact Has Brexit Had On
The EU; Yougov Asks 10 European Nations (Click for Details) French and German people are most likely to say Brexit has made no
difference to the economy of the EU. Half (51%) of Germans and half (50%) of
French people say Brexit has had not made a difference to the EU’s economy,
while a quarter (26%) and a fifth (22%) respectively say Brexit has made the
EU’s economy worse off. Hungarians were the only nationality polled who were
clearly more likely to say the EU is worse off economically as a result of
Brexit than ‘no difference’, by 42% to 34%. (YouGov UK) February 3, 2022 2.8 Foreign
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727-728-39 A Survey Carried Out In 28 Countries
Shows That The Chinese, Hosts Of The Event, Are The Most (84%) Interested In The Competition (Click for Details) A survey carried out by Ipsos shows that 47% of Brazilians are
interested in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which will be held in the Chinese
capital starting next Friday, February 4th. In addition to Brazil, citizens
of 27 other nations were interviewed. The interest of Brazilians in the
sporting event follows the global average (46%). The Chinese, hosts of this
edition of the Games, lead the ranking: 84% responded in the affirmative.
Then come India and South Africa – 70% and 62%, respectively. (Ipsos Brazil) 4 February 2022 4.15 Society »
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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Debate On Gains And Losses Of Remote Education During COVID 19. Is
Hybrid Model For Children? The Best Views From USA Academic, Emotional Concerns Outweigh COVID-19 Risks In Parents’ Views
About Keeping Schools Open, Only A Few (9%) Say School Should Be Fully Online uThis page is devoted to
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Debate On Gains And
Losses Of Remote Education During COVID 19. Is Hybrid Model For Children? The Best Views From USA
Yet, evidence from
a 2020 NewSchools
Venture Fund/Gallup study suggests that the quality of digital learning tools
(websites, apps, online tutorials, online games and videos, or programs used
to teach and support student learning and schoolwork) may have blunted the
negative impact of remote schooling. Better student outcomes -- including
ease of learning from home, confidence in schools' ability to provide
high-quality education, and expectations for learning progress -- are
strongly associated with the quality of digital learning tools, as reported
by teachers, parents and students. These results are
based on web surveys conducted in July and August 2020, with 1,111 teachers,
2,345 parents and 1,088 students in grades three through 12. Student and
parent responses were excluded if parents stated that their child did no
distance learning in the spring of 2020 (less than 1% of the sample). The findings indicate
that universal access to digital learning tools will probably not generate
gains for students nor equitable opportunities across groups of students
unless the tools themselves are of high quality. About
one in five teachers, parents and students rated their digital learning tools
as "excellent," less than the proportion who rated them as
"fair" or "poor." The preponderant
response -- comprising roughly half of answers -- was that digital learning
tools were "good." There was remarkable consistency across
teachers, parents and students in providing these ratings. Custom graphic. About
one in five teachers (21%), parents (20%) and students (20%) rated their
digital learning tools in the spring of 2020 as excellent, less than the
proportion who rated them as fair or poor. Teachers
working in schools with a higher percentage of children from low-income
households were less likely to rate digital learning tools as
"excellent" or "good" than were teachers serving
high-income students. In general, schools with a higher percentage of
children from low-income families had lower-quality digital learning tools,
according to their teachers.1 When comparing teachers at
schools with less than 25% of students meeting eligibility criteria for
reduced-price lunch to those with at least 75%, the gap in digital learning
quality (using the share reporting "excellent" or "good")
was 10.9 percentage points in favor of students from high-income households. This
suggests that students in low-income schools had less access to the most
useful digital tools. Custom graphic.
Teachers working in schools with a higher percentage of children from
low-income households, at 67.4%, were less likely to rate digital learning
tools used in the spring of 2020 as excellent or good than were teachers
serving high-income students, at 78.3%. Across
teachers, parents and students, the quality of digital learning tools is
strongly associated with several indicators of learning outcomes. These indicators
measure the reported ease of learning from home, confidence in schools'
ability to provide high-quality education, and expectations for learning
progress in the subsequent semester. When asked whether
students found learning from home easy or hard compared with learning at
school, teachers, parents and students who reported having high-quality
learning technology were all more likely than those without that digital
advantage to consider remote learning "easy" or "very
easy." For instance, teachers who rated their digital learning tools as
"excellent" were 32 percentage points more likely to say remote
learning was easy or very easy, compared with teachers who rated their
digital learning tools as "poor." The gaps in ease of learning
reported by parents and students were 45 points and 13 points, respectively. When asked about the
upcoming fall semester of 2020, each group also expressed greater confidence
in their school's ability to provide high-quality education when they
reported having high-quality learning technology. To illustrate, we looked at
the percentages of respondents who expressed high confidence in their
school's ability (a "4" or "5" on a five-point scale)
among two groups: those who gave digital learning tools an "excellent"
rating and those who gave them a "poor" rating. Confidence in
school ability was 31 percentage points higher among teachers who rated
digital tools as "excellent" compared with those rating them
"poor." The effect was even stronger for parents (38 points) and
stronger still for students (44 points). Thus, across all groups, optimism
about their school's ability to provide high-quality education was much
higher when digital learning tools were perceived as high-quality. Likewise, when asked
whether students would learn more, the same or less than in a typical fall
semester, each group was much more likely to expect learning gains to be on
par with the standards or even above them when they rated digital learning
tools as "excellent" compared with "poor." In this case,
the gaps for teachers, parents and students were similar, at 28, 30 and 34
points, respectively. To rule out whether
the association between quality digital tools and educational outcomes simply
reflects a bias toward positivity by certain respondents, or household income
levels, we conducted additional research to test for those issues. Even when
controlling for these factors, the results didn't change. Thus, we have
confidence that there is a robust association. Details of this analysis are
provided in the appendix. Overall, these results
suggest a strong connection between learning during the pandemic and the
quality of digital learning tools. Moreover, there is remarkable agreement on
the important relationship between technology and learning across students,
parents and teachers. Taken at face value, these results provide compelling
motivation to identify the best digital learning tools and make them more
widely available. At the very least, doing so would likely raise students'
and their supporters' confidence in making learning gains, boost expectations
for exceeding standards, and ease the difficulty of learning from home. Yet, there are several
important limitations to this analysis, which point to opportunities for
further research to test these findings more rigorously. The survey did not
directly measure learning using objective, reliable metrics -- such as
performance on standardized tests. However, subjective reports and
expectations are often correlated with objective progress, so the positive
association between digital learning and actual learning would likely hold
using objective measures. Still, test score data would clarify the strength
of the relationship and allow for comparisons to other well-studied
interventions, like tutoring. The same measurement
limitation applies to the subjective evaluation of digital learning tools.
These subjective measures should be considered alongside objective
specifications or specific software. In future studies, researchers could ask
students, parents and teachers to provide subjective ratings of specific
digital tools to study the relationship between the two. Those data could
then be used to identify the features of digital technology that predict
higher ratings. Beyond measurement
challenges, another important limitation is that the association between
technology and learning cannot be confidently interpreted as a causal effect
because the quality of digital learning tools is not randomly assigned. More
ambitious social science research could randomly assign students to use the
highest-rated tools and test the effects on objective learning outcomes. In the absence of
those findings, the results here nonetheless should motivate school
administrators to solicit feedback from teachers, parents and students about
whether the digital tools they currently use are working for them. Even with
most districts providing full-time in-person schooling, the quality of
digital learning tools is likely to affect learning outcomes for the
foreseeable future. Custom graphic. Better
student outcomes -- including ease of learning from home, confidence in
schools' ability to provide high-quality education, and expectations for
learning progress -- are strongly associated with the quality of digital
learning tools, as reported by teachers, parents and students. (Gallup) FEBRUARY 3, 2022
When asked what
factors schools should consider in deciding whether to stay open for
in-person instruction this winter, most parents of K-12 students say a lot of
consideration should be given to the possibility that students will fall
behind academically (67%) or that their emotional well-being will be
negatively impacted (61%) if they don’t attend school in person. Smaller
shares cite parents not being able to work if their children are home (52%),
the risk to students or teachers of getting or spreading the coronavirus (43%
and 39%, respectively), and the financial cost to school systems of following
public health guidelines for safely keeping schools open (26%). In July 2020, more
K-12 parents said health risks to students (64%) and teachers (61%) should be
given a lot of consideration in decisions about reopening schools than said
the same about the possibility of students falling behind academically
without in-person instruction (54%). By February 2021 – when many schools
that had been providing online instruction were deciding whether to reopen
for in-person instruction – six-in-ten parents said academic considerations
should be a major factor, while smaller shares pointed to health risks to
teachers (47%) or students (45%). As has been the case
throughout the pandemic, views about how schools should be handling
instruction vary widely along party lines. Among parents of K-12 students,
Republicans and those who lean Republican (55%) are far more likely than
Democrats and Democratic leaners (26%) to say schools should be providing
in-person instruction only this winter. A majority of Democratic parents
(64%) – compared with 39% of Republican parents – say schools should be
providing a mix of in-person and online instruction. Republican parents are
more likely than Democratic parents to say a lot of consideration should be
given to the possibility that students will fall behind academically or that
their emotional well-being will be negatively impacted without in-person
instruction. Republicans are also more likely than Democrats to say parents
not being able to work if their children are home should be an important
factor in these decisions. In turn, larger shares of Democratic than
Republican parents say the risk to teachers and students of getting or
spreading the coronavirus should be given a lot of consideration. Views also vary across
demographic groups. White parents (47%) are far more likely than non-White
parents (25%) to say schools should be providing in-person instruction only
this winter, while non-White parents are about three times as likely as White
parents to say schools should be fully online (14% vs. 5%, respectively).
(The non-White category includes parents who identify as Black, Asian, Hispanic,
some other race or multiple races; these groups could not be analyzed
separately due to sample size limitations.) Some 46% of
upper-income parents and 43% of those with middle incomes say schools should
be in-person only, compared with 28% of lower-income parents. Among
lower-income parents, 16% say schools should be providing online instruction
only; just 7% of those with middle incomes and an even smaller share of
upper-income parents (2%) say the same. These differences
reflect, at least in part, the factors parents say should be given a lot of
consideration in decisions about whether to keep schools open this winter.
Non-White parents are more likely than White parents to say health risks to
students (56% vs. 33%, respectively) and teachers (50% vs. 31%) should be
major factors. By contrast, White parents (66%) are more likely than
non-White parents (54%) to cite concerns that students’ emotional well-being
will be negatively impacted if they don’t attend school in person. Similar
shares of White (69%) and non-White (65%) parents say academic concerns
should be given a lot of consideration. Lower-income parents
are more likely than those with middle or upper incomes to say the risk to
students of getting or spreading COVID-19 should be given a lot of
consideration in these decisions; those with upper incomes are the most
likely to cite concerns about academics and students’ emotional well-being if
they don’t attend school in person. Most parents of K-12
students say their children are getting in-person instruction only While a majority of
parents think K-12 schools should be offering a mix of in-person and online
instruction this winter, just 16% say this is the type of instruction their
children are currently getting. About seven-in-ten (71%) say their children
are getting in-person instruction only, while just 5% say their children are
getting only online instruction. In October 2020, a plurality of K-12
parents (46%) said their children were getting online instruction only, while
20% said they were getting only in-person instruction and 23% said there was
a mix. Upper-income parents
are the most likely to say their children are getting in-person instruction
only: 84% say this in the new survey, compared with 77% of those with middle incomes
and an even smaller share of those with lower incomes (58%). About one-in-ten
lower-income parents (9%) say their children are getting online instruction
only, while 23% say their children are getting a mix of in-person and online
instruction. Just 3% of K-12 parents with middle incomes and 2% of those with
upper incomes say their children are getting only online instruction, while
about one-in-ten in each group say they are getting a mix. (PEW) FEBRUARY 4, 2022 |
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