VIRTUAL EVENT: Reimagining education post-COVID

The research was conducted by Professor Gemma Moss (Principal Investigator) and Dr Alice Bradbury, Dr Sam Duncan, Dr Sinead Harmey and Dr Rachael Levy (Co-investigators).

The study set out to document primary schools' responses to the COVID crisis in England. Survey responses and interviews captured teachers' perspectives, both during lockdown and as schools reopened.

These were analysed alongside the policy decisions taken by the government over the same time frame, press coverage and responses from within the research community.

The data has highlighted deep fractures in the way the education system runs in England. It has shown the exceptionally high burdens that material poverty imposes on families, and how little the system as it stands can take account of this or respond appropriately to it.

This discussion will highlight the urgency for research to both name and address the fundamental problems in the system, offering ways out for teachers, families, and communities, so that we do end up with a more resilient and socially just education system. That would be a fitting outcome from the pandemic.

Speakers

• Professor Gemma Moss, Professor of Literacy and Director of the International Literacy Centre at the UCL Institute of Education
• Dr Alice Bradbury, Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Education
• Dr Sam Duncan, Associate Professor in Adult Education and Literacies at the UCL Institute of Education
• Dr Sinead Harmey, Lecturer in Literacy Education at the UCL Institute of Education
• Dr Rachael Levy, Associate Professor in Education at the UCL Institute of Education

DLL seminar series

The Department of Learning and Leadership (DLL) seminar series showcases ongoing research and brings the wider community together to discuss pressing research and policy-oriented issues of national and international concern.

Links

• Watch the webinar: Reimagining education post-COVID
• A duty of care and a duty to teach: educational priorities in response to the COVID-19 crisis​​​​​​
• Research seminar series
• International Literacy Centre
• Department of Learning and Leadership

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