A pandemia da covid-19 e os impactos no desenvolvimento e aprendizagem das crianças: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Abstract

The literature review presented here aims to analyze the academic production that deals with the impacts on the development and learning of children caused by the absence from the school environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was conducted in two databases: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal (Redalyc), using the following search string: ("children" OR "Childhood" AND "Pandemic" OR "Covid-19"). Following the inclusion criteria, 11 full articles were selected, published between 2020 and 2022, addressing social isolation and its consequences, involving children, and indicating changes in some aspect of child development or learning. It is concluded that the changes imposed by the pandemic period had impacts on different aspects of child development, with varied feelings experienced during social isolation, reports of alterations in sleep, nutrition, weight and immunity, as well as behavioral changes such as irritability, agitation, and discouragement. In addition, there are social losses, with complaints about the absence of friends and family members and the desire to reunite with them. Regarding learning, the use of digital technologies and their tools is highlighted, as well as the fact that children create new realities with different ways of playing, interacting, and representing everyday life.