TY - JOUR
T1 - Covidian education
T2 - An enquiry into Arab culture
AU - Al Lily, Abdulrahman Essa
AU - Alhazmi, Ahmed Ali
AU - Abunasser, Fathi Mohammed
AU - Buarki, Hanadi Jumah
AU - Shams Eldin Gomaa, Aliaa Adel
AU - Al Hanandeh, Anas Mohammad
AU - Elayyan, Shaher Rebhi
AU - Alghamdi, Ayed Mohammed
AU - Almufeez, Khawla Abdullah
AU - Aldoghmi, Maha Affat
AU - Al Mohsen, Nouf Abdulaziz
AU - Mohamed Shahpo, Samia Mokhtar
AU - Ben-Motreb, Khaled Saad
AU - Al-Abdullatif, Ahlam Mohammed
AU - Bukhamseen, Amani Mohammed
AU - Aldoughan, Eman Abdulaziz
AU - Almustafa, Sarah Saleh
AU - Alsubaie, Merfat Ayesh
AU - Alqhtani, Munira Hshbel
AU - Alsaeed, Maha Saad
AU - Aladsani, Hibah Khalid
AU - Amira, Mostafa Samy
AU - Almotreb, Lena Khaled
AU - Elsayed, Ahmed R.
AU - Ismaeel, Weaam Mohamed
AU - Al Hasan, Sumaia Attia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - This article constructs a cultural framework for Arab education amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Such education occurs inside private homes, raising privacy-related methodological challenges to research. To bypass these, numerous researchers were recruited to collect qualitative data from within the homes of friends and relatives. They collected large-scale data (2304 observations and 1292 interviews) and examined 1422 initiatives taken to facilitate education during the pandemic. In addition, they scrutinised 1390 relevant witticisms, on the basis that the humour of a culture is an indicator of public feeling. Data analysis reveals the existence of ‘covidian education’; this is digital and, thus, less tangible than pre-covidian education, necessitating spatial and temporal rearrangements. It is parent-centred, adding educational responsibilities to parents' workloads. It undermines integrity, with parents taking examinations on children's behalf. Being home-based, it compromises the privacy of students' and teachers' residences. It modifies gender relations, eliminates existing actors and welcomes new stakeholders. Compared to pre-covidian education, it is culturally dissimilar and educationally inferior. It presents ‘façades’ of positive experiences that mask negative realities, and does students more harm than good. We find that unprecedented issues arise in relation to ‘covidian natives’ (whose education comprises solely the covidian form) and ‘covidian graduates’.
AB - This article constructs a cultural framework for Arab education amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Such education occurs inside private homes, raising privacy-related methodological challenges to research. To bypass these, numerous researchers were recruited to collect qualitative data from within the homes of friends and relatives. They collected large-scale data (2304 observations and 1292 interviews) and examined 1422 initiatives taken to facilitate education during the pandemic. In addition, they scrutinised 1390 relevant witticisms, on the basis that the humour of a culture is an indicator of public feeling. Data analysis reveals the existence of ‘covidian education’; this is digital and, thus, less tangible than pre-covidian education, necessitating spatial and temporal rearrangements. It is parent-centred, adding educational responsibilities to parents' workloads. It undermines integrity, with parents taking examinations on children's behalf. Being home-based, it compromises the privacy of students' and teachers' residences. It modifies gender relations, eliminates existing actors and welcomes new stakeholders. Compared to pre-covidian education, it is culturally dissimilar and educationally inferior. It presents ‘façades’ of positive experiences that mask negative realities, and does students more harm than good. We find that unprecedented issues arise in relation to ‘covidian natives’ (whose education comprises solely the covidian form) and ‘covidian graduates’.
KW - COVID
KW - Cheating
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Distance education
KW - Distance learning
KW - Educational technology
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U2 - 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101673
DO - 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101673
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111059398
SN - 0160-791X
VL - 66
JO - Technology in Society
JF - Technology in Society
M1 - 101673
ER -