Being a parent or carer can be challenging at the best of times, but as millions are discovering during COVID-19 lockdown, doing your job from home while attempting to teach children, is a whole new level of difficult.
According to polling conducted by The Sutton Trust, only 42% of British parents feel confident about teaching their children at home. Many have taken to sharing their anxieties on social media, in terms that range from mirth to total misery.
But while parents and carers can hardly be expected to become qualified teachers overnight, there is still plenty that they can do.
Here, five researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education – one of the largest centres for educational research and teacher training in the UK – offer simple ways in which anyone can support children’s education, regardless of their expertise.
Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge