1st Edition

Risk, Resilience, and Recovery Across Global Education Systems The Long-Term Impact of Pandemic Reforms

230 Pages 8 Color & 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 8 Color & 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a critical review of the long-term effectiveness of education and social protection policies enacted by G10 countries in response to the global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the most significant disruption to education systems since the devastation of World War II. Successive waves and variants of the coronavirus resulted in school closures and spurred a range of... Read more

Part I: The pandemic and student outcomes 1. The global impact of the pandemic on student outcomes Part II: National profiles of academic resilience and policy reform 2. Academic resilience and policy reform in England 3. Academic resilience and policy reform in France 4. Academic resilience and policy reform in Germany 5. Academic resilience and policy reform in Italy 6. Academic resilience and policy reform in Sweden 7. Academic resilience and policy reform in the Netherlands 8. Academic resilience and policy reform in Belgium 9. Academic resilience and policy reform in Canada 10. Academic resilience and policy reform in Japan Part III: Future directions in policy and practice for a post-pandemic world 11. Evaluating the long-term efficacy of policy reforms in the aftermath of the pandemic

 

Biography

Louis Volante (PhD) is Distinguished Professor at Brock University, Canada, and a Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT, Netherlands.

Kristof De Witte (PhD) is Full Professor in Education Economics, and Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven, Belgium, and holds the chair in Effectiveness and Efficiency of Educational Innovations at UNU-MERIT, Netherlands.

Orazio Giancola (PhD) is Associate Professor of Sociology of Educational Systems in the Department of Social and Economic Sciences at the Sapienza University of Rome.

Luca Salmieri (PhD) is Professor of Cultural Sociology at Sapienza University of Rome.

Don A. Klinger (PhD) is Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Education at Murdoch University in Western Australia.

"This book offers an invaluable contribution to understanding the long-term impacts of pandemic-related education reforms. Its comprehensive analysis across various countries provides critical insights and practical recommendations for addressing learning loss and enhancing educational resilience. It is a must-read for academics, students, and policymakers interested in the economics of education and education policy."

-- Silvia Granato - European Commission, Joint Research Centre