¿La jornada intensiva en los centros educativos produce situaciones de desigualdad socioeducativa entre los alumnos?

Abstract

This study presents a reflection, description, and analysis of the implementation of continuous work days at educational centers in Catalonia. In the last years, this measure has been introduced in nearly all public secondary schools. Currently, there is also a plan to evaluate the introduction of such measure at primary schools. On the contrary, private and semi-private schools have maintained the same schedule and they have not made any changes in this regard. The article intends to reflect whether or not there might be negative effects on the students. Many of them do not participate in any extracurricular activities after class; as those are expensive and many families cannot afford them. This situation leads to certain groups not doing any activities outside of school hours. Instead, they spend their time mainly at home or with peers in similar circumstances.