Lessons in the Time of Pandemic or Two Years of Solitude: Social Dimensions of the COVID-19 Crisis in the Field of Bulgarian Education

Abstract

The article analyzes the research results conducted by a team of researchers and journalists from the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication at Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“ to establish the social dimensions of the COVID-19 crisis in education. A brief overview of two similar large-scale studies commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Science used as a reference and comparison base for the present study was also provided. Public attitudes have been studied toward distance learning in the electronic environment and their change during the Pandemic.