Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue of distance education in primary schools has become a much-discussed topic. It is therefore no surprise that the issues related to it have come to the forefront of many researchers. There is, however, at least one group that has stayed relatively unnoticed, and it is so-called small schools. Thus, we conducted a qualitative study based on the phenomenological approach, searching for answers to our research question: What has been the experience of the directors of small schools with distance education during the pandemic? Our findings offer an in-depth insight into the life of six schools through the eyes of their directors. Semi-structural interviews with school directors helped us reveal three key factors that, in our opinion, had the greatest influence on the form of distance education. These are (1) the factor of ICT competence of all actors, (2) the factor of organization of educational settings, and (3) the factor of the teaching methods and forms used in education. Furthermore, we conclude the result section with a subchapter that captures the positive aspects of distance education as perceived by the addressed school directors.

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在小学校抗击冠状病毒大流行

由于 COVID-19 大流行，小学远程教育问题已成为一个热门话题。因此，与其相关的问题已经成为许多研究人员的关注点也就不足为奇了。然而，至少有一个群体相对未被注意到，那就是所谓的小学校。因此，我们基于现象学方法进行了定性研究，寻找我们研究问题的答案：在大流行期间，远程教育小学校的校长们有什么经历？我们的调查结果通过其主管的眼睛深入了解了六所学校的生活。与学校校长的半结构式访谈帮助我们揭示了我们认为对远程教育形式影响最大的三个关键因素。它们是 (1) 所有参与者的 ICT 能力因素，(2) 教育环境的组织因素，以及 (3) 教育中使用的教学方法和形式的因素。此外，我们用一个分章总结了结果部分，该分章捕捉了所讨论的学校董事所认为的远程教育的积极方面。