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❝Online teaching is not a substitute for contact teaching.❞ How can teachers make online lessons interactive? Why do some teachers succeed in making their lessons interactive while others do not? We addressed these questions in a study from COVID era. Our findings indicate that teachers’ views of online teaching can significantly influence their teaching practices.…

❝Seating positions in classrooms are related to social status.❞ How do seating positions of students relate to their position in social networks? We found that students who were perceived as more likeable sat in the middle column of the classroom and were seated close to each other. Locations inhabited by dominant students were positioned further…

❝The Slovak system of education does not mitigate the effects of social disadvantage on students.❞ In this study from 2020, I show that in Slovakia, students leaving elementary schools with high ratios of socially disadvantaged children are more likely to stop attending schools and less likely to continue at academic strand schools. Actually, in some…