Schools and Society During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ISBN-13: 9783031426704 / Twarda / 2023 / 280 str.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. From Loss to Hope. Paradoxical educational effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (Fernando M. Reimers).- Chapter 2. Brazil. How two municipalities achieved above-average results in reading in the early years of elementary school during the Covid-19 pandemic (Carlos Palacios, Alicia Bonamino).- Chapter 3. Post-pandemic crisis in Chilean education.The challenge of re-institutionalizing school education.(Cristián Bellei).- Chapter 4. The Switch toDistance Teaching and Learning in Finland During the COVID-19 Pandemic(2020–2022) Went Technically Well but was Emotionally Challenging (Katariina Salmela-Aro and Jari Lavonen).- Chapter 5. What Japan's education has lost and gained after almost succeeding in preventing the spread of infection and guaranteeing academic achievement？(Kan Hiroshi).- Chapter 6. Understanding potential causes of learning loss in Mexico: Teachers´ perceptions regarding educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic (SergioCárdenas, Ignacio Ruelas, and Edson Sánchez).- Chapter 7. The Fragility of the Norwegian Policy Response: How Relying on Digital Infrastructure and Local Autonomy Led to an Increase in Inequality in Education(Marte Blikstad-Balas).- Chapter 8. Re-framing schools: what has been learned and remains in the post-covid period(Estela Costa & Mónica Baptista).- Chapter 9. Pandemic lessons: Story of cooperation and competition in Russian education(Anastasia A. Andreeva, Diana O. Koroleva, Sergei G. Kosaretsky, and Isaak D. Frumin).- Chapter 10. Singapore’s endemic approach to education:  Re-envisioning schools and learning(Oon Seng Tan, Jallene Jia En Chua).- Chapter 11. Reforming education in times of pandemic: The case of Spain(Alejandro Tiana-Ferrer).- Chapter 12. Fragility compounded: the state of the south african educational system in the aftermath of covid-19(Crain Soudien, Vijay Reddy and Jaqueline Harvey).- Chapter 13. Leaning into the Leapfrog Moment: Redesigning American Schools in a Post-Pandemic World(R. Lennon Audrain & Carole G. Basile).

O autorze

Fernando M. Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative at Harvard University. An expert in the field of Global Education, his research and teaching focus on understanding how to educate children and youth so they can thrive in the 21^st century. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Education and of the International Academy of Education and served as a member of UNESCO’s  commission on the Futures of Education which authored the report 'Reimagining Our Futures Together. A New Social Contract for Education'.

Blurb

This open access book provides an analysis of the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on diverse education systems, and of the results of the policies adopted to sustain educational opportunities. Through a series of diverse national case studies, the book examines the preexisting fragilities and vulnerabilities in educational structures which shaped the nature of the varied responses, around the world, to teaching and learning during the worst crisis in public education in recent history.

The chapters in the book take stock of how educational opportunities changed in various education systems around the world as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, answering the question of what did education systems, and societies, learn about education as a result of the pandemic.

The book covers diverse education systems, with varying levels of resources and facing distinct education challenges, including Brazil, Chile, Finland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, and the United States.