The current effects of the spread of COVID-19 in learning environments involving Japanese college students: What is the state of those environments elsewhere in the world?
The current effects of the spread of COVID-19 in learning environments involving Japanese college students: What is the state of those environments elsewhere in the world?
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目前 COVID-19 传播对日本大学生学习环境的影响：世界其他地方的环境状况如何？
DOI：
10.5603/imh.2020.0027
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Y. Ohira
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作者：
Ken Inoue;H. Takeshita;Y. Ohira
新冠肺炎起源于2019年12月的湖北武汉市中国。2020年，新冠肺炎撼动了世界，造成了大量的感染和死亡。在世界各地，由于新冠肺炎传播的影响，一些国家鼓励封锁或原地避难限制。同样，日本鼓励自我孤立，要求各种类型的企业关闭，并建议人们在家工作。每天，日本都在遵循这些步骤与新冠肺炎打交道。学校停课了，越来越多的学生正迅速在网上上课。根据一份报告[1]，这种情况的一个指标是大约8%的大学生和专科生正在考虑退学。受新冠肺炎传播的影响，他们要么家庭收入减少或降至0，要么学生兼职较少，减薪或无薪可用。学生们正在考虑采取“与学校协商推迟支付学费或从学校获得奖学金”等步骤，或“申请从日本学生服务组织获得学生贷款”[2]。然而，仅靠这些措施并不能解决由于新冠肺炎传播的影响而导致退学的潜在因素。学校层面的应对显然是必要的，但该国需要明确确定辍学的潜在因素，并具体说明解决这些问题的各种方法。根据国家指导方针，各州可以补充这些方法，或者社区可以制定自己的方法；这些努力将建立在学校一级的回应之上。国家、社区和相关机构需要迅速共同努力，解决这些因素。相同或相似的因素在世界不同的国家正在成为一个社会问题。这些国家采取的做法可以作为参考。
COVID-19 originated in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province in China in December 2019. In 2020, COVID-19 has shaken the world, resulting in large numbers of infected and dead. Around the world, some countries have encouraged a lockdown or shelter-in-place restrictions due to the effects of the spread of COVID-19. Similarly, Japan has encouraged self-isolation, it has asked various types of businesses to close, and it has recommended that people work from home. Every day, Japan has been dealing with COVID-19 by following those steps. Schools are out, and a growing number of students are quickly taking classes online. According to one report [1], an indicator of the situation is the fact that about 8% of college students and junior college students are considering dropping out. Due to the effects of the spread of COVID-19, their “family income has decreased or dropped to 0” or “there are fewer part-time jobs for students, and pay has been cut or is not available”. Students are considering steps such as “consulting with the school to postpone tuition payment or to receive a scholarship from the school”, or “applying to receive a student loan from the Japan Student Services Organisation” [2]. However, those steps alone cannot address the potential factors for dropping out due to the effects of the spread of COVID-19. Responses at the school level are obviously needed, but the country needs to clearly identify the potential factors for dropping out and specify various ways to address them. Based on national guidelines, prefectures can supplement those approaches or communities can devise their own; these efforts will build upon responses at the school level. The country, communities, and relevant bodies need to promptly work together to address these factors. The same or similar factors are becoming a societal problem in different countries around the world. The approaches adopted by those countries can serve as a reference.