Insights about Helpful Covid-19 Learning Resources from Caregivers of Elementary School Children

ABSTRACT

Media resources are a central component of children's learning ecologies in the U.S. However, much of the coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic came through channels for adult audiences, and the "infodemic” added to the difficulty of interpreting information from media sources. This paper analyzes learning resources collected in a diary study conducted with 109 families with elementary school aged children at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Findings show that the resources caregivers found useful in communicating with their children about the pandemic are intertwined with their life experiences and interpretation of their children's information needs. © ISLS.