COVID-19 Educational Lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean. The need to rethink a new concept of learning

Abstract

The situation generated by the educational consequences of Covid-19 represents an unbeatable opportunity to rethink some of the paradigms of the pedagogical narrative present to date. The enormous levels of inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, both within and between countries, make this an unavoidable requirement: rethinking tomorrow has never made more sense than in the exceptional times we are living through. Through a hermeneutic approach, under content analysis of the main reports and documents of international organisations linked to the world of education, an initial urgent review is made of the possible impact of the pandemic on the region's educational backwardness and its impact on the inequality gaps that have persisted for decades. Far from the arrogance of exhausting the subject, a holistic vision is presented, structured in three fundamental areas: what we learning or should learning, how we should learning, and what we should educate for. It is concluded that the deepening of basic learning competences, the integration of the educational challenge of technology and the commitment to the formation of a critical and committed citizenship, apart from other equally decisive pedagogical aspects, should be the pillars of a new concept of learning for the immediate future.