EXCHANGES BETWEEN CAMEROONIAN TEACHERS IN FACEBOOK GROUPS DURING COVID-19: BETWEEN ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATIONAL SCOPE

Michel Fayole Dounla and Emmanuel Beche
Additional contact information
Michel Fayole Dounla: University of Maroua, Cameroon
Emmanuel Beche: University of Maroua, Cameroon

Annals of the University of Craiova, Series Psychology, Pedagogy, 2021, vol. 43, issue 2, 217-228

Abstract: COVID-19 has led to the closure of schools and the retention of teachers at home. Entangled in this situation, these teachers have more overinvested in social networks to keep in touch. This particular circumstance served as a pretext for us to question the nature of the exchanges shared between teachers in their Facebook groups. In a qualitative approach, we have conducted interviews and observed traces of activity from two selected groups during the pandemic. The content analysis that we applied to these data indicates a strong socio-cultural connotation of the exchanges in the forums to the detriment of pedagogical, didactic and political knowledge. Ultimately, the article concludes that Facebook groups are being used more for entertainment than for educational purposes.

Keywords: COVID-19; Teachers; Exchanges; Facebook; Knowledge. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://aucpp.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/17.-DO ... sue_2_pp_217-228.pdf

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:edt:aucspp:v:43:y:2021:i:2:p:217-228

DOI: 10.52846/AUCPP.43.17

Access Statistics for this article

Annals of the University of Craiova, Series Psychology, Pedagogy is currently edited by Florentina MOGONEA and Alexandrina Mihaela POPESCU

More articles in Annals of the University of Craiova, Series Psychology, Pedagogy from Teacher Training Department, University of Craiova
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dan Valeriu Voinea ().