Analysis of Profiles of Family Educational Situations during COVID-19 Lockdown in the Valencian Community (Spain)

Jesús Miguel Jornet-Meliá (), Carlos Sancho-Álvarez and Margarita Bakieva-Karimova
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Jesús Miguel Jornet-Meliá: Evaluation and Measurement Group (GemEduco): Education for Social Cohesion, included in the Register of Research Groups of the University of Valencia (GIUV2016-290), 46010 Valencia, Spain
Carlos Sancho-Álvarez: Evaluation and Measurement Group (GemEduco): Education for Social Cohesion, included in the Register of Research Groups of the University of Valencia (GIUV2016-290), 46010 Valencia, Spain
Margarita Bakieva-Karimova: Evaluation and Measurement Group (GemEduco): Education for Social Cohesion, included in the Register of Research Groups of the University of Valencia (GIUV2016-290), 46010 Valencia, Spain

Societies, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: Due to the pandemic (COVID-19), the education system in Spain was forced to close for three months, creating an unprecedented situation: improvised distance schooling. Family characteristics and their life situations with Information and Communication Technology use would be aspects to be studied as educational conditioning factors. This paper presents the ways in which a representative sample of families in the Valencian Community (Spain) assumed the education of their children during the lockdown. Mixed methods (quantitative -surveys-/qualitative -focus groups-) are used. Multivariate profiles are studied (k-means cluster) that summarise the life circumstances, represented by composite indicators resulting from the families’ responses to specific items describing their way of life and educational performance. Associated variables, such as demographic or life situation characteristics, are analyzed for each profile. Some gaps (described by indicators that synthesize the functioning of the families) are observed due to life circumstances that correspond not only to vulnerable groups but also to upper-middle-level families.

Keywords: COVID-19; school at home; inequality gaps; teaching methodology; family participation; ICT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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