COVID 19, EDUCATION AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS

 

Schools  have been closed for months now and online learning has replaced the classroom. What is more, it doesn’t look like things are going to change anytime soon. This situation, experts warn, will have lasting impacts on society and the world as every sphere of life is impacted by the covid generation. Do your researchand discuss these impacts.

OVERVIEW

·         Adverse consequences of school closures https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse/consequences

READING MATERIAL TO MAKE NOTES ON

·         How covid 19 is affecting the world’s children https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200603-how-covid-19-is-changing-the-worlds-children

·         Covid 19, school closures and child poverty: a social crisis in the making https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30084-0/fulltext

·         Lost school time will hurt economy for 65 years https://www.bbc.com/news/education-53514564

·         The impacts of school closures on children in developing countries https://www.cmi.no/publications/7214-impacts-of-school-closures-on-children-in-developing-countries-can-we-learn-something-from-the-past

·         Coronavirus will explode achievement gaps in education https://www.epi.org/blog/the-coronavirus-will-explode-achievement-gaps-in-education/

VIDEOS TO WATCH AND TAKE NOTES FROM

·         Coronavirus could exacerbate existing children achievement gap https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Nu41B6-_vxc

·         Covid 19 and girl’s education: a tale of two futures https://www.facebook.com/UNGEI/videos/covid-19-and-girls-education-a-tale-of-two-futures-insolidaritywithgirls/718461532246192/

·         Webinar: education and structural inequalities during covid 19 https://www.brookings.edu/events/education-and-structural-inequalities-during-covid-19-how-do-finland-and-the-us-compare/