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Early childhood and lockdown: The challenge of building a virtual mutual support network between children, families and school for sustainable education and increasing their well-being

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The COVID-19 pandemic is questioning the achievement of main challenges we face as a society, for instance, to ensure a free, equitable, and good quality compulsory education for all children or to reduce social inequality. During the spring lockdown, particularly in Spain, schools were closed for six months and a process of virtualization of teaching was total; that context generated important educational challenges. This paper presents and analyses forms of digital reciprocity and solidarity among pre-primary education children, families, and teachers, by presenting a case study of the parents' WhatsApp class groups and a collaborative YouTube channel. The procedure developed was netnography and the data analysis followed the model of grounded theory. Both digital spaces created by parents have become a network of mutual support. It has had multiple positive impacts: (i) providing and receiving social support; (ii) generating dynamics of reciprocity and empowerment; and (iii) activating values that generate a sense of community (feeling of belonging, trust, etc.). The case study shows how virtual networks increase the subjective well-being of participants in a difficult context and also invites reflection about the key role of cultural capital of the parents as a key element in the conditions of educability of children, especially in e-learning of pre-primary education.

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COVID-19, Estratègies d'aprenentatge, Sistemes virtuals (Informàtica), Aprenentatge electrònic, Desenvolupament sostenible

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COVID-19, Learning strategies, Virtual computer systems, Web-based instruction, Sustainable development

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CANO-HILA, Ana Belén and ARGEMÍ-BALDICH, Rafel. Early childhood and lockdown: The challenge of building a virtual mutual support network between children, families and school for sustainable education and increasing their well-being. Sustainability. 2021. Vol. 13, num. 7, pags. 3654. ISSN 2071-1050. [consulted: 12 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/176626

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