Primary and secondary education during Covid-19 : disruptions to educational opportunity during a pandemic / Fernando M. Reimers, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reimers, Fernando, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distance education.

Telecommunication in education.

Education and state--History--21st century.

Education and state.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 475 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This open access edited volume is a comparative effort to discern the short-term educational impact of the covid-19 pandemic on students, teachers and systems in Brazil, Chile, Finland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. One of the first academic comparative studies of the educational impact of the pandemic, the book explains how the interruption of in person instruction and the variable efficacy of alternative forms of education caused learning loss and disengagement with learning, especially for disadvantaged students. Other direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic diminished the ability of families to support children and youth in their education. For students, as well as for teachers and school staff, these included the economic shocks experienced by families, in some cases leading to food insecurity and in many more causing stress and anxiety and impacting mental health. Opportunity to learn was also diminished by the shocks and trauma experienced by those with a close relative infected by the virus, and by the constrains on learning resulting from students having to learn at home, where the demands of schoolwork had to be negotiated with other family necessities, often sharing limited space. Furthermore, the prolonged stress caused by the uncertainty over the resolution of the pandemic and resulting from the knowledge that anyone could be infected and potentially lose their lives, created a traumatic context for many that undermined the necessary focus and dedication to schoolwork. These individual effects were reinforced by community effects, particularly for students and teachers living in communities where the multifaceted negative impacts resulting from the pandemic were pervasive. This is an open access book.

Contents:

Learning from a pandemic. The impact of COVID-19 on education around the world

Experiences with risk-management and remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: crises, destitutions, and (possible) resolutions

The fragility of the school-in-pandemic in Chile

Experiences of moving quickly to distance teaching and learning at all levels of education in Finland

Covid-19 and Education on the Front Lines in Japan: What Caused Learning Disparities and How did the Government and Schools Take Initiative?

COVID-19 and post-pandemic educational policies in Mexico. What is at stake?

Homeschooling in Norway during the Pandemic

Digital learning with unequal access to qualified help at home and unequal learning opportunities provided by the school

The Portuguese educational policy to ensure equity in learning in times of crises

General Education in Russia During COVID-19: Readiness, Policy Response, and Lessons Learned

Science, Social Responsibility, and Education: The Experience of Singapore During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Spanish Response to The Covid-19 Pandemic: From joint governance to Lack of governance

The Impact of COVID-19 on a Fragile Education System: The Case of South Africa

COVID-19 and U.S. Schools: Using Data to Understand and Mitigate Inequities in Instruction and Learning

Ambitious and sustainable post-pandemic workplace design for teachers: A portrait of the Arizona teacher workforce

Education In the Time Of COVID-19 In France, Ireland, The United Kingdom and The United States: Nature and Impact of Remote Learning

The Unequal Impacts of COVID-19 on Student Learning

Conclusions and Implications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 29, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Primary and secondary education during Covid-19.

ISBN:

9783030815004

3030815005

OCLC:

1269494853

Access Restriction:

Open access

Restricted for use by site license.