COVID-19 and its effects : On the risk of social inequality
through digitalization and the loss of trust in three European
education systems

J 2021

COVID-19 and its effects : On the risk of social inequality through digitalization and the loss of trust in three European education systems

BORMANN, Inka, Katja BRØGGER, Milan POL and Bohumíra LAZAROVÁ

Basic information

Original name

COVID-19 and its effects : On the risk of social inequality through digitalization and the loss of trust in three European education systems

Authors

BORMANN, Inka (276 Germany), Katja BRØGGER (208 Denmark), Milan POL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Bohumíra LAZAROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

European Educational Research Journal, 2021, 1474-9041

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.701

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00122389

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14749041211031356

UT WoS

000675642900001

Keywords in English

COVID-19 pandemic; governance; education; digitalization; inequality; trust

Abstract

V originále

This paper develops informed assumptions on the potential loss of trust as an unintended side-effect of the measures in education to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Well-founded concerns according to which the pandemic-induced closure of educational facilities and the shift to digitalized distance education are contributing to increased social inequality in education serve as a starting point for the argumentation. The paper contends that together with the temporary changes in the style of educational governance, in the medium term an exacerbated social inequality in education can cause a potential trust problem for the central actors imposing the measures. To support this line of reasoning, the exploratory study describes the context conditions which are relevant for the implementation and participation in digitalized distance education (measures, access and competent use of digital devices in education, level of trust) and combines them with the findings of a qualitative analysis of relevant documents from three European countries (Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany). A neo-institutional view is applied to exploring the implications of the changes in education governance and their potential side-effects on trust.

Links

MUNI/A/1245/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Kvalita ve škole (Acronym: Kva)

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

BORMANN, Inka, Katja BRØGGER, Milan POL and Bohumíra LAZAROVÁ. COVID-19 and its effects : On the risk of social inequality through digitalization and the loss of trust in three European education systems. European Educational Research Journal. 2021, vol. 20, No 5, p. 610-635. ISSN 1474-9041. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14749041211031356.

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BORMANN, Inka, Katja BRØGGER, Milan POL and Bohumíra LAZAROVÁ. COVID-19 and its effects : On the risk of social inequality through digitalization and the loss of trust in three European education systems. \textit{European Educational Research Journal}. 2021, vol.~20, No~5, p.~610-635. ISSN~1474-9041. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14749041211031356.

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