What is the future of schooling? Resignifying the meaning of schools in the COVID-19 era

ABSTRACT

As a result of the compulsory passage to distance education following COVID-19 pandemic, the meaning and role of the school have been actively debated if not strained. Nostalgia for physical presence and the massive digitalization of teaching and learning processes have generated a set of uncertain challenges that should be faced once the crisis is overcome. This article is the result of a study which sought to identify the main issues and challenges regarding the meaning of the school experience in the era (and after-era) of COVID-19. Based on a hermeneutic approach and a qualitative methodological proposal based on co-design, the results of the analysis of interviews conducted with 21 experts from Argentina, Australia, Chile, Spain, France, England and Venezuela are presented. Among the results, a total of 40 emerging issues about the school and its meaning in the pandemic are proposed. We conclude by recognizing the urgency of revaluing the school as an educational, socializing and transforming institution that generates spaces of encounter, care, critical literacy and exchange. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) A raiz del pasaje obligatorio a la educacion a distancia provocado por la pandemia del COVID-19, el sentido y rol de la escuela han sido activamente debatidos y cuando no tensados. La nostalgia de la presencia fisica y la digitalizacion masiva de los procesos de ensenanza y aprendizaje han generado un conjunto de retos inciertos a los que habra que enfrentar una vez que se supere la crisis. Este articulo es el resultado de un estudio que busco identificar las principales problematicas y retos sobre el sentido de la experiencia escolar en la era (y post era) del COVID-19. A partir de un enfoque hermeneutico y una propuesta metodologica cualitativa basada en el enfoque de codiseno participativo, se da a conocer los resultados de los analisis de entrevistas realizadas a 21 voces expertas provenientes de Espana, Francia, Inglaterra, Argentina, Chile y Venezuela. Entre los resultados se proponen un total de 40 interrogantes emergentes sobre la escuela y su sentido en la pandemia. Se concluye reconociendo la urgencia de revalorizar la escuela como institucion educativa, socializadora y transformadora, generadora de espacios de encuentro, cuidado, alfabetizacion critica e intercambio. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)