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TY - JOUR
T1 - Reprioritising inclusion and equity to meet SDG4
T2 - Action is needed beyond the education sector – and must begin before school entry
AU - Porter, C.
N1 - Export Date: 21 December 2023
PY - 2024/1/31
Y1 - 2024/1/31
N2 - This commentary draws on the body of multidisciplinary research produced using the Young Lives Dataset, a 20 + year, mixed-method longitudinal cohort study in four countries in the Global South. In summary, inequality of opportunity in education had been falling over 20 years since the turn of the Millennium, but progress has been reversed by recent global crises. Longitudinal evidence shows that the home and community environment prior to entering the education system is crucial for future learning trajectories, and schooling either reinforces or remediates pre-existing inequalities depending on context. The life-course perspective shows the importance of co-ordinating policies across sectors, including education, to support children’s learning, and how policies to support children to stay in education at crisis points during their childhood can complement investments in education systems in order to prioritise inclusion and equity to fully reach SDG4.
AB - This commentary draws on the body of multidisciplinary research produced using the Young Lives Dataset, a 20 + year, mixed-method longitudinal cohort study in four countries in the Global South. In summary, inequality of opportunity in education had been falling over 20 years since the turn of the Millennium, but progress has been reversed by recent global crises. Longitudinal evidence shows that the home and community environment prior to entering the education system is crucial for future learning trajectories, and schooling either reinforces or remediates pre-existing inequalities depending on context. The life-course perspective shows the importance of co-ordinating policies across sectors, including education, to support children’s learning, and how policies to support children to stay in education at crisis points during their childhood can complement investments in education systems in order to prioritise inclusion and equity to fully reach SDG4.
KW - Inclusion
KW - Equity
KW - Data
KW - SDG4
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102963
DO - 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102963
M3 - Journal article
VL - 104
JO - International Journal of Educational Development
JF - International Journal of Educational Development
SN - 0738-0593
M1 - 102963
ER -