Families between Care, Education and Work: The Effects of the Pandemic on Educational Inequalities in Italy and Milan

Autor/inn/en	Cordini, Marta; De Angelis, Gianluca
Titel	Families between Care, Education and Work: The Effects of the Pandemic on Educational Inequalities in Italy and Milan
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 56 (2021) 4, S.578-594 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cordini, Marta)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/ejed.12483
Schlagwörter	Pandemics; COVID-19; School Closing; Distance Education; Equal Education; Socioeconomic Influences; Parent School Relationship; Student School Relationship; Family Role; Parent Attitudes; Elementary School Students; Disadvantaged; Foreign Countries; Italy (Milan) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Elternverhalten; Ausland
Abstract	Italy was the first Western country affected by the pandemic. The school closures that followed lasted for a full school semester, including final exams. Italy is already known as a country with a high degree of educational inequality, where reproduction of social disadvantages by social origins is prominent. In such a situation, we hypothesise that a prolonged lockdown and the consequent reliance on remote education have played an important role in exacerbating existing inequalities. Families were forced to take on the full responsibility of educating their children, which has reinforced the role of household resources. The analysis presented in this article draws on results from an online survey of the effects of school closures on educational practices, the analysis focused on responses from parents of primary school students. The survey was carried out in Milan in June 2020 and was disseminated through institutional and informal channels after two months of school closure in Italy. Results were re-balanced to represent different social classes. The survey explored the relationships between economic and social inequalities on the one hand, and school activity experienced at home during the lockdown on the other. It also explored the involvement of pupils and their parents in school activities. We aimed to capture what educational and organisational resources families were able to mobilise in this situation, and to what extent these are unequally distributed. Our results contribute to an understanding of the impact of family resources on educational chances, identifying resources and how they are distributed through the population. Our findings confirm that the pandemic has exacerbated already existing inequalities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01