LEISURE/EXTRA-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES IDENTIFIED WITH SERBIAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN A CHANGED SOCIAL CONTEXT

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, education as part of the social context suffered great changes in 2019/2020 all around the world. The negative impact of the pandemic on education systems was manifested through different changes in the way schools operate. The most radical change was certainly the closing of schools, i. e. implementing distance education programs by means of distance learning platforms. The organization of leisure/extra-academic activities in such conditions was limited in every respect. Starting from the changed social context brought about by the pandemic, we conducted a survey with the aim of examining the organization and implementation of leisure/extra-academic activities identified with Serbian language education. The survey included class teachers (teachers of junior grades of primary school) (N = 161). Results of the survey indicate that the current pandemic has contributed to the poorer and more sporadic implementation of leisure/extra-academic activities, but also that teachers have been pointing out numerous difficulties in its organization and implementation.Publishe