OVERCOMING EDUCATIONAL LOSSES AND GAPS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ SUBJECT-SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS ON THE “POVIR” DIGITAL PLATFORM
Abstract
In view of finding ways to overcome educational losses and gaps, this paper ascertains the need to transform educational initiatives for students based on the learning process individualization and student agency, the unity of academic and socio-emotional learning, and active involvement of teachers’ professional community – the community of life-long learners. Another benchmark for positive changes in this area should be introducing systematic feedback from all stakeholders and measuring students’ personal educational progress. Further important elements are combining free service for students and decent remuneration for teachers and ensuring the state support for public educational initiatives with possible validation and ultimate recognition of the educational activity results at the state level. It has been established that measuring educational losses and gaps and finding mechanisms to overcome them requires finding new strategies and forms of interaction with students that consider the modern realities of digital education and distance learning tools capable of providing a comprehensive support for children, teachers, and parents. These claims are supported by the analysis of EdCamp Ukraine’s anti-crisis initiatives that revealed the so-called “double negative effect”. This effect signified that a considerable share of registered children either did not attend classes or dropped out at various stages because partaking in learning experiences was not their conscious and independent decision they felt responsible for. Considering the lessons drawn from anti-crisis activities and at the cross point of three scientific concepts – self-determination theory, Bloom’s two sigma problem, and social learning theory – the authors justified using a modern concept of educational interaction with students within the framework of a state-public project aimed at overcoming educational losses and gaps on a digital platform POVIR, which is being prepared for a pilot launch.
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