Education and equity in times of crisis : learning, engagement and support / Emily S. Rudling [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rudling, Emily S., author.

Emery, Sherridan, author.

Shelley, Becky, author.

Te Riele, Kitty, author.

Woodroffe, Jessica, author.

Brown, Natalie (Educator), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Web-based instruction--Social aspects.

Web-based instruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages : illustrations (black and white))

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

Summary:

This book examines how educational equity is affected during crises specifically the COVID-19 pandemic. Three key concerns emerge for childrens and young peoples education: material needs, emotional wellbeing, and access to learning. The evidence highlights how pre-existing educational inequalities were exacerbated as well as altered during the global pandemic. Critical reviews of educational vulnerability and of significant crises over the past century provide the books foundation. Then, drawing on empirical research from Australia and extensive analysis of international documentation, the book demonstrates significant detriments that pandemic responses caused to formal learning and the broader support role of schools and also addresses promising educational innovations. The book is important not only for scholars in education, but also for practitioners and governments to inform how to better support learning as well as material and emotional wellbeing during and after crises, especially for children and young people experiencing disadvantage. Emily S. Rudling is a Research Fellow at the Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment, University of Tasmania, Australia. Sherridan Emery is a Research Fellow at the Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment, University of Tasmania, Australia. Becky Shelley is a Deputy Director at the Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment, University of Tasmania, Australia. Kitty te Riele leads the research portfolio at the Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment, University of Tasmania, Australia. Jessica Woodroffe is Coordinator of Partner Programs and a Senior Lecturer at the Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment, University of Tasmania, Australia. Natalie Brown is Director of the Peter Underwood Centre and Chair of Academic Senate at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Contents

About the Authors

List of Abbreviations

List of Figures

Chapter 1: Facing a Crisis: Foregrounding the Future

Introduction

Conceptual Tools

Overview of the Book

Conclusion

References

Chapter 2: Educational Vulnerability During COVID-19

Gender and Identity

Racism and Discrimination

Children and Young People with Disability

Poverty

Precarity

Chapter 3: Lessons from Crises and Disasters: Then and Now

Section 1: Introducing the Selected Crises

Viral Health Crises

Influenza Pandemic (1918-19)

H1N1 Swine Flu (2009)

COVID-19 Pandemic (2019-Ongoing)

Disasters

Hurricane Katrina, USA (2005)

Christchurch Earthquakes, New Zealand (2010-11)

Great East Japan Earthquake (2011)

Bushfires in Australia (2009, 2019-20)

Section 2: Three Impacts of Disaster and Crisis on the Learner

Access to Schooling Is Compromised

Recovery Takes Time

Increased Risk of Academic Under-Achievement

Section 3: Lessons Learned from Crises

Policy Responses Need to Go Beyond a Focus on Basic Needs and Crisis Containment

Schools Need to be Enabled to Take on Crisis Response Management

Children and Young People Need to be Involved in Crisis Responses

Chapter 4: Impacts on School-Based Learning

School Learning from Home

A Markedly Different Experience

Learning Spaces at Home

Learning Spaces During the Pandemic

Learning Inequalities

Learning Experiences During the Pandemic

Disparities in Extent of Learning While Learning from Home

Foundational Learning

Chapter 5: The Broader Role of Schools

Introduction

School Meal Programs

The Benefits of School-Based Meal Programs

Responses and Innovations

Not Safer at Home

Schools as "Frontline" Child Welfare Responders

"Schools as Anchors" for Building and Supporting Wellbeing of Children and Young People

Effects of Crises on the Provision of School-Based Wellbeing Services and Supports

School Readiness for Crisis and Recovery

Teacher Training and Preparedness

Innovations and Responses

Chapter 6: New Learning Provisions and Pedagogies

Disaggregation of the Learning Environment

Online Provision

Offline Provision

Television and Radio

Content Provision Is Not Learning

Key Developments

How to Move Forward?

Technology Enhanced Learning

A New School: Home Dynamic

Chapter 7: Educational Equity in Times of Crisis

Material Needs

Emotional Wellbeing

Access to Learning

Looking Forward: Putting Learners at the Centre

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 23, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Rudling, Emily S. Education and equity in times of crisis.

ISBN:

9783031186714

3031186710

OCLC:

1357015934

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.