Why lockdown and distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to increase the social class achievement gap.
Nat Hum Behav
; 5(10): 1273-1281, 2021 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1440475
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced teachers and parents to quickly adapt to a new educational context distance learning. Teachers developed online academic material while parents taught the exercises and lessons provided by teachers to their children at home. Considering that the use of digital tools in education has dramatically increased during this crisis, and it is set to continue, there is a pressing need to understand the impact of distance learning. Taking a multidisciplinary view, we argue that by making the learning process rely more than ever on families, rather than on teachers, and by getting students to work predominantly via digital resources, school closures exacerbate social class academic disparities. To address this burning issue, we propose an agenda for future research and outline recommendations to help parents, teachers and policymakers to limit the impact of the lockdown on social-class-based academic inequality.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Social Class
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Communicable Disease Control
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Education, Distance
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Needs Assessment
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Nat Hum Behav
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41562-021-01212-7
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