COVID-19 and young people in Spain. The emergence of values education as a strategy for civic responsibility

ABSTRACT

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has provoked a series of consequences all over the world, especially in young people. On the other hand, this sector of the population has shown an evident and baffling increased failure to comply with public health measures put in place, which has had a knock-on effect on the number of infections detected. These attitudes have resulted in repeated calls by bodies such as the World Health Organisation to remember the risks of this kind of behaviour for the wider community. In Spain, this scenario has been noteworthy in the 15 to 29 age group, with 20% of individuals becoming infected. In view of this, there is an unarguable need to rethink civic responsibility. This study carries out a review of the educational laws in this country by performing an analysis on how civic responsibility has been addressed at curricular level.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19
• pandemics
• young people
• education
• citizenship responsibility
• educational legislation

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1. The chi-squared test shows that the higher the age the higher the increase in concern at a personal level and vice versa.

2. The chi-squared test found that the older survey participants were, the greater their impression that people were acting in a civic and public-spirited manner, and vice versa.

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Funding

This work was supported by Universidad Católica San Vicente Mártir (translation)Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir [Translation];