The Impact of Post-Pandemic Learning Loss on Education DevelopmentA Systematic Review

  1. Aguaded, Ignacio 1
  2. Vizcaíno-Verdú, Arantxa 1
  3. García-Prieto, Victoria 2
  4. De-Casas-Moreno, Patricia 3
  1. 1 Universidad de Huelva
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    Universidad de Huelva

    Huelva, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03a1kt624

  2. 2 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03yxnpp24

  3. 3 Universidad de Extremadura
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    Universidad de Extremadura

    Badajoz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0174shg90

Revista:
Review of Communication Research: literature reviews & meta-analyses for the communication field

ISSN: 2255-4165

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 11

Páginas: 172-189

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Review of Communication Research: literature reviews & meta-analyses for the communication field

Resumen

The Covid-19 pandemic constituted a critical issue for education, impacting the teaching-learning processes. Educational institutions, families and teachers faced unique challenges to ensure quality education supported by the Internet and technology. This study aims to review the latest literature on learning loss in different contexts to understand how this phenomenon could potentially impact the educational development due to the lack of technological and digital possibilities for learning. We found that even though the learning loss occurred during periods of physical disconnection between teachers and students, the pandemic resulted in an unexpected shock in which the gap between them was digital. This study underlines the factors contributing to this digital learning loss, on which educational and governmental agencies should focus on media literacy to prevent the absence of technological resources, the limited involvement of the family, and the lack of digital competences of the citizenship.

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