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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Compounding education disengagement: COVID-19 lockdown, the digital divide and wrap-around services
Beteiligte:
Seymour, Kathryn;
Skattebol, Jennifer;
Pook, Ben
Erschienen:
Emerald, 2020
Erschienen in:Journal of Children's Services
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1108/jcs-08-2020-0049
ISSN:
1746-6660
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title>
<jats:p>The purpose of this paper is to share reflections on the frontline delivery of a wrap-around secondary school re-engagement programme on compounding digital inequality during the COVID-19 lockdown.</jats:p>
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title>
<jats:p>This paper presents a deliberative reflection on practice and policy lessons learned while negotiating the digital divide during the COVID-19 lockdown in the delivery of the yourtown education youth engagement programme.</jats:p>
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title>
<jats:p>Frontline youth worker practice lessons highlight the compounding effect of digital inequality on vulnerable young people who are already disengaged or disengaging from secondary education and the necessity for a reflexive, agile and adaptable practice response, particularly during unprecedented events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.</jats:p>
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title>
<jats:p>This paper presents a wraparound service perspective and outlines important practice lessons gained from adapting an education re-engagement programme to respond to the COVID-19 lockdown in the Greater Brisbane area, Australia.</jats:p>
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