3 │ INVOLVEMENT OF PUPILS IN DISTANCE LEARNING Distance learning in basic and upper secondary schools in the Czech Republic 18 A similar situation occurs with basic school pupils. We communicate via Google Classroom or e-mail, and if they don’t respond, by phone. We talk to their parents. We offer personal consultations in the period when it is possible. We send selected assignments and study materials in written form. Alternatively, we offer them for collection at school in printed form. In basic schools, however, transmission by other than electronic means is more frequent. I print out the assignment for one pupil, hand it over once a week and provide consultations if she comes to the school in person. However, she has a problematic family background, and cooperation with her parents is difficult. The second pupil has consultations every day, and I can see she’s been making great progress. Collecting assignments in the school also occurs in upper secondary schools, especially in non-Maturita fields. We communicate by phone. Everyone collects their assignment once a week, then has to return them on the designated day, and then they get them back corrected along with new ones. I usually evaluate their work in writing in the form of comments or by phone. In the case of paper submission of documents, it is often a regular weekly event. The subject matter is always prepared for the pupil in printed form in the school. The pupil collects it every week. In terms of the content, it is the same subject matter and assignments as in synchronous learning. The pupil collects the evaluation of their work every week together with new subject matter. There are not always identical assignments, with individualisation being more common especially in basic schools. I work with pupils individually, assigning tasks that they are able to handle. I evaluate them in writing in the workbook or in other written form. To support pupils who do not achieve the desired outcomes, often due to problems with involvement in distance learning or, as the case may be, difficulties in managing the specifics of distance learning in the concept of the specific school, schools most often provide individual consultations, both online and in person. To support pupils, schools also use teaching assistants or, as the case may be, class teachers. CHART 6 | Forms of assistance provided to pupils with poor outcomes Individual consultations are a very suitable way for greater involvement of pupils who participate in distance learning insufficiently or do not fulfil the assigned tasks remotely, etc. In general, the support that best meets the needs and capabilities of the specific pupils and their parents is crucial. 70%69%71%74%69%22%35%0%8%19%10%10%29%28%38%11%15%24%21%25%0 %10 %20 %30 %40 %50 %60 %70 %80 %neúplné ZŠúplné ZŠgymnáziamaturitní SOŠnematuritní SOŠnabízí individuální konzultace nabízí procvičování ve spoluprácis asistentem pedagogave spolupráci s třídním učitelemse snaží žáka zapojit do výukyzintenzivněním spoluprácese zákonnými zástupci80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% incomplete BSs complete BSs secondary general schools Maturita STSs non-Maturita STSs offering individual consultationsoffering practice in cooperation with a teaching assistant trying to involve the pupil in learning, intensifying cooperation with in cooperation with the class teacher legal representatives