Positive Education and School Psychology During COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

s coronavirus rages around the globe, its impact extends to 1.6 billion students (94%of the learner population) across almost 200 countries (UN, 2020), many of whom do not have adequate resources to fully engage in remote learning (Hall et al., 2020).Coronavirus pandemic has quickly changed the context in which people live, increasing exposure to risks. The pandemic’s disruptions are far-reaching. Compared to pre-pandemic indicators, many young people are craving the social aspect of their school lives (Burke & Dempsey, 2020), reporting less engagement with play (Moore et al., 2020), and lower levels of wellbeing (Quinn et al., 2020).Teachers and school leaders find remote instruction challenging (Devitt et al., 2020),and the prospect operating schools side-by-side with the pandemic fills many with apprehension (Burke, 2020). In these unsettled times, more than ever, positive school psychology research is required.