Overview
Provides an in-depth analysis of Covid-19's impact on higher education
Explores a unique African perspective on equity in online learning
Applies an epistemic injustice framework to analyse implications of the transition to online pedagogy
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the ongoing changes initially caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the future prospects of teaching and learning in higher education institutions. It focuses on the impact of online education on issues of learning equity and epistemic justice. The transition from traditional face-to-face teaching to remote learning 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 learning. It specifically explores the question of equitable learning 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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Felix Maringe is Professor in Higher Education and Leadership at the University of Kigali, Rwanda.
Otilia Fortunate Chiramba is a research fellow at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Online Teaching and Learning in the COVID-19 Era
Book Subtitle: Perspectives on Equity and Epistemic Justice
Editors: Felix Maringe, Otilia Chiramba
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42402-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42401-4Published: 01 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42404-5Due: 15 December 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-42402-1Published: 30 November 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 255
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Educational Psychology, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Higher Education