Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review

© 2020, The Author(s). This scoping review provides an overview of COVID-19 approaches to managing unanticipated school closures and available literature related to young people learning outside-of-school. A range of material has been drawn upon to highlight educational issues of this learning co...

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Main Authors: Drane, Cathy, Vernon, Lynette, O'Shea, Sarah
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: SPRINGER 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82442
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Vernon, Lynette
O'Shea, Sarah
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description © 2020, The Author(s). This scoping review provides an overview of COVID-19 approaches to managing unanticipated school closures and available literature related to young people learning outside-of-school. A range of material has been drawn upon to highlight educational issues of this learning context, including psychosocial and emotional repercussions. Globally, while some countries opted for a mass school shut-down, many schools remained open for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. This partial closure not only enabled learning in smaller targeted groups but also offered a safe sanctuary for those who needed a regulated and secure environment. In Australia, if full school closures were to be enforced over a long period, a significant proportion of students from more vulnerable backgrounds would likely experience persistent disadvantage through a range of barriers: long-term educational disengagement, digital exclusion, poor technology management, and increased psychosocial challenges. This scoping review combines research on technology availability and learning, with analysis of the long-term educational impacts of navigating the COVID-19 disruption.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-824422021-03-03T08:08:32Z Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review Drane, Cathy Vernon, Lynette O'Shea, Sarah Social Sciences Education & Educational Research COVID-19 pandemic Education Vulnerable young people Disadvantage Scoping review DIGITAL NATIVES SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT STUDENTS USE TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE ACHIEVEMENT TEACHERS © 2020, The Author(s). This scoping review provides an overview of COVID-19 approaches to managing unanticipated school closures and available literature related to young people learning outside-of-school. A range of material has been drawn upon to highlight educational issues of this learning context, including psychosocial and emotional repercussions. Globally, while some countries opted for a mass school shut-down, many schools remained open for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. This partial closure not only enabled learning in smaller targeted groups but also offered a safe sanctuary for those who needed a regulated and secure environment. In Australia, if full school closures were to be enforced over a long period, a significant proportion of students from more vulnerable backgrounds would likely experience persistent disadvantage through a range of barriers: long-term educational disengagement, digital exclusion, poor technology management, and increased psychosocial challenges. This scoping review combines research on technology availability and learning, with analysis of the long-term educational impacts of navigating the COVID-19 disruption. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82442 10.1007/s13384-020-00409-5 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SPRINGER fulltext
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Education & Educational Research
COVID-19 pandemic
Education
Vulnerable young people
Disadvantage
Scoping review
DIGITAL NATIVES
SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS
SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT
STUDENTS USE
TECHNOLOGY
MIDDLE
ACHIEVEMENT
TEACHERS
Drane, Cathy
Vernon, Lynette
O'Shea, Sarah
Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review
title Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review
title_full Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review
title_fullStr Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review
title_full_unstemmed Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review
title_short Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review
title_sort vulnerable learners in the age of covid-19: a scoping review
topic Social Sciences
Education & Educational Research
COVID-19 pandemic
Education
Vulnerable young people
Disadvantage
Scoping review
DIGITAL NATIVES
SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS
SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT
STUDENTS USE
TECHNOLOGY
MIDDLE
ACHIEVEMENT
TEACHERS
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82442