Mohan, Gretta, Carroll, Eamonn, McCoy, Selina, Mac Domhnaill, Ciarán and Mihut, Georgiana (2021) Magnifying inequality? Home learning environments and social reproduction during school closures in Ireland. Irish Educational Studies, 40 (2). pp. 265-274. doi:10.1080/03323315.2021.1915841 ISSN 0332-3315.

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Abstract

COVID-19 school closures have seen the homeplace become a school-place for students and their families in Ireland. This paper presents research on the resources and supports available for students to engage with learning in their home environments. Evidence from a nationally representative survey comprising one third of second-level school leaders, conducted during the first school closures in 2020, shows that attendance and engagement appears to be influenced by the educational level of parents/guardians. The association between parental education and student engagement was stronger for Junior Certificate students but was not statistically evidenced for Leaving Certificate students. Qualitative evidence sheds further light on inequalities which characterised students’ experiences of online and remote learning. Viewing these developments through a social reproduction framework, this study argues that unequal home learning environments may magnify existing inequalities. To prevent a return to the classroom with more classed outcomes, it is imperative that policy, planning and investment strive to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on educational inequality.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LC Special aspects of education R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects -- Ireland, Social distancing (Public health) and education -- Ireland, Distance education -- Ireland, Educational equalization -- Ireland, Homebound instruction -- Ireland
Journal or Publication Title:	Irish Educational Studies
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0332-3315
Official Date:	20 May 2021
Dates:	Date Event 20 May 2021 Published 7 April 2021 Accepted
Volume:	40
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 265-274
DOI:	10.1080/03323315.2021.1915841
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	14 September 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access:	15 September 2021
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID UNSPECIFIED [ESRC] Economic and Social Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269 UNSPECIFIED Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ireland.‏ ‎Commission for Communications Regulation http://viaf.org/viaf/143539104
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