Online Teaching and Leaing in the COVID-19 Era:Perspectives on Equity and Epistemic Justice

by: Felix Maringe (Editor),Otilia Chiramba (Editor)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Edition: 1st ed. 2023

Publication Date: 2023/12/1

Language: English

Print Length: 272 pages

ISBN-10: 3031424018

ISBN-13: 9783031424014

Book Description

This book examines the ongoing changes initially caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the future prospects of teaching and leaing in higher education institutions. It focuses on the impact of online education on issues of leaing equity and epistemic justice. The transition from traditional face-to-face teaching to remote leaing has exacerbated existing inequalities in epistemological access among higher education students, despite the shortcomings of the former in this regard. The book features essays by African academics who reflect on the challenges of epistemological access during the sudden shift to hybrid, blended and remote teaching and leaing. It specifically explores the question of equitable leaing in diverse home contexts, drawing on both theoretical and empirical studies conducted by the authors in South African universities and the region. The chapters employ the conceptual framework of epistemic injustice to define and explore various forms of such injustice, providing a basis for analyzing the implications of the transition to online pedagogy.

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This book examines the ongoing changes initially caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the future prospects of teaching and leaing in higher education institutions. It focuses on the impact of online education on issues of leaing equity and epistemic justice. The transition from traditional face-to-face teaching to remote leaing has exacerbated existing inequalities in epistemological access among higher education students, despite the shortcomings of the former in this regard. The book features essays by African academics who reflect on the challenges of epistemological access during the sudden shift to hybrid, blended and remote teaching and leaing. It specifically explores the question of equitable leaing in diverse home contexts, drawing on both theoretical and empirical studies conducted by the authors in South African universities and the region. The chapters employ the conceptual framework of epistemic injustice to define and explore various forms of such injustice, providing a basis for analyzing the implications of the transition to online pedagogy.