The EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 SYNDEMIC ON EDUCATION

A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

This article aims to recognize the educational scenario during the initial period of the covid-19 syndemic. In this way, a literature review was carried out in indexed databases - namely, the CAFe-CAPES, Scielo and ERIC platforms - observing in a systematic way the academic productions that discuss the effects of COVID-19 in the educational field around the world. Eighty texts were selected, which discuss the way of organizing work in the midst of social distancing, the difficulties faced by schools and teachers and the first reflections on the strategies used to face the syndemic. As a result, three themes were identified that were most discussed in the works and that guided the organization of the material: (i) changes in the daily lives of teachers and students, questioning the effects of emergency remote work on the health, life and professional performance of teachers; (ii) reflections on education, teaching and learning, highlighting the necessary restructuring of school and teaching work; (iii) and public policies, with regard to access, especially for more vulnerable groups. It is concluded that the teaching work is the foundation of the entire process of facing the crisis, standing out before the public policies implemented in the period, adapting to the different contexts that imposed themselves in the reality of each school.