Complexities of difference and their significance for managing inequality in learning: Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis

The purpose of this Viewpoint is to argue for an enlarged understanding and approach to the question of inequality and education. While much of the current discussion is correctly focused on learners’ material realities and how COVID-19 is exacerbating those inequalities, largely overlooked is how t...

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Published in:Prospects (Paris) 2020-10, Vol.49 (1-2), p.59-67
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