Education during Covid from Thomas Popkewitz’s social epistemology

Abstract

This article uses social epistemology to interpret Ecuadorian educational activity during the
COVID-19. Through this theory / methodology developed by the American academic Thomas
Popkewitz, it is sought to understand the educational moment of Ecuadorian education inscribed
in the dynamics imposed by the pandemic. The article studies the ways taken by different
educational concepts, how they become more acute, more visible, how they lose their subtlety,
or how these are confirmed. Two objectives are achieved. On the one hand, to present social
epistemology as an interpretative research perspective, not so widespread in our environment. On
the other, to study the health event and its influence on education from the theoretical orientations
of social epistemology, contrasting its concepts with problem manifestations of education under
COVID19. It also interprets information from teachers, authorities and communicators. The
changes occurred in schooling, curriculum and pedagogical discourse since the emergence of
the pandemic are revealed. They are reflected on the changes occurred when moving from faceto-
face education to virtual education and those due to the introduction of new practices, their
interrelation with existing structures and their rules. The influences of educational psychology
in schooling, curricular organization and pedagogical discourse are also presented. Its links to
academic discipline, curriculum and evaluation and its role for achieving the successful adjustment
of the individual with his environment.