COVID-19 and educational inequalities
An analysis of the research about the effects of school closure in the teaching and learning process
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COVID-19 pandemic, School closure, emergency remote teaching, Social and educational inequalitiesAbstract
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were felt in the most diverse areas of life in society. Faced with the closing of schools, the solution that was used, all over the world, consisted of replacing face-to-face teaching with emergency remote teaching. The transition of the teaching modality influenced the students’ learning,, making them more dependent of family support and resources, and revealing the social inequalities impact in the teaching and learning process. This article results from a systematic review of the literature that aimed to: a) identify and describe the effects of schools’ closure in the teaching and learning process; and b) understand the educational policies and measures intended to reduce the effect of social inequalities in school results, making whenever possible, the bridge with the Portuguese reality. Data collected seams to demonstrate a correspondence between the quality of students´ teaching and learning process and the families´ economic and cultural capital, revealing the aggravation of educational inequalities, as a result of the pandemic.
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