COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal education

Reducing physical contact has been the most common strategy adopted by governments to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 disease. It has led most countries to close their schools. Previous evidence on the effects of teacher strikes, summer holidays, armed conflicts or any other cause of school closur...

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Autores: González, Sheila, Bonal, Xavier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
Escoles
Confinament (Emergència sanitària)
Educació no-formal
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Schools
Confinement (Emergence sanitaire)
Non-formal education
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spelling COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal educationGonzález, SheilaBonal, XavierPandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-EscolesConfinament (Emergència sanitària)Educació no-formalCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-SchoolsConfinement (Emergence sanitaire)Non-formal educationReducing physical contact has been the most common strategy adopted by governments to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 disease. It has led most countries to close their schools. Previous evidence on the effects of teacher strikes, summer holidays, armed conflicts or any other cause of school closure on learning suggest that the effects of COVID-19 will be highly significant for some and will vary depending on students' previous performance, family char- acteristics, age or education track, among other factors. Recent evidence shows that learning losses during school closures have been widespread and especially intense among the more disadvantaged students. In this article we evaluate the magnitude of the gap regarding opportunities to learn in formal, informal and non-formal education be- tween families depending on their cultural and economic capital. An online survey (n = 35,937) was carried out dur - ing the second week of the confinement (March 2020) in Catalonia. The survey targeted families with children be- tween three and eighteen years. The responses show re- markable social inequalities in opportunities to learn. In this article, we describe the magnitude of the learning gap between social groups and explore which are the most sig- nificant factors that explain educational inequalities. Our findings reveal a process of cumulative disadvantage that results from unequal opportunities in formal, informal and non-formal education and underline the need to address both school and family factors to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on learning opportunitiesJohn Wiley & Sons2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/191589Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència Política, Dret Constitucional i Filosofia del Dret)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12476European Journal of Education, 2021, num. 56, p. 607-622https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12476(c) John Wiley & Sons, 2021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1915892026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal education
title COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal education
spellingShingle COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal education
González, Sheila
Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
Escoles
Confinament (Emergència sanitària)
Educació no-formal
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Schools
Confinement (Emergence sanitaire)
Non-formal education
title_short COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal education
title_full COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal education
title_fullStr COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal education
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal education
title_sort COVID-19 school closures and cumulative disadvantage: Assessing the learning gap in formal, informal and non-formal education
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González, Sheila
Bonal, Xavier
author González, Sheila
author_facet González, Sheila
Bonal, Xavier
author_role author
author2 Bonal, Xavier
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
Escoles
Confinament (Emergència sanitària)
Educació no-formal
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Schools
Confinement (Emergence sanitaire)
Non-formal education
topic Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
Escoles
Confinament (Emergència sanitària)
Educació no-formal
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Schools
Confinement (Emergence sanitaire)
Non-formal education
description Reducing physical contact has been the most common strategy adopted by governments to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 disease. It has led most countries to close their schools. Previous evidence on the effects of teacher strikes, summer holidays, armed conflicts or any other cause of school closure on learning suggest that the effects of COVID-19 will be highly significant for some and will vary depending on students' previous performance, family char- acteristics, age or education track, among other factors. Recent evidence shows that learning losses during school closures have been widespread and especially intense among the more disadvantaged students. In this article we evaluate the magnitude of the gap regarding opportunities to learn in formal, informal and non-formal education be- tween families depending on their cultural and economic capital. An online survey (n = 35,937) was carried out dur - ing the second week of the confinement (March 2020) in Catalonia. The survey targeted families with children be- tween three and eighteen years. The responses show re- markable social inequalities in opportunities to learn. In this article, we describe the magnitude of the learning gap between social groups and explore which are the most sig- nificant factors that explain educational inequalities. Our findings reveal a process of cumulative disadvantage that results from unequal opportunities in formal, informal and non-formal education and underline the need to address both school and family factors to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on learning opportunities
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