Research in higher education institutions of Northwestern Mexico during COVID-19 times

Elsa Catalina Olivas Castellanos and Leonel De Gunther Delgado

International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, vol. 107, issue C

Abstract: This paper presents the results of qualitative research on new practices (habitus) of researchers in higher education (HE) in Mexico during the pandemic in three institutions in the State of Sonora. The research focused on modified or new practices or habitus during the pandemic, the challenges those scholars faced, and their view on remote scientific production in this period. Bourdieu's concepts of Habitus, Discipline, and Socialization are instrumental in interpreting data. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed using coding and MAXQDA software. The main results refer to the individual, academia, and the constraint to produce knowledge. The results show that for individuals, habitus refers to the care of people. In the face of a health emergency, the focus is on it combined with academic, administrative, and research activities. Such weight is distributed unequally among the female gender; it is about caring for the family, attending research, and more work. In the case of academia, the specific tasks of some disciplines, such as economics, do not present restrictions on productivity, while others do. The regulations of Mexico’s National System of Researchers, SNI constitute a rule that constrains researchers. We assume that it is the primary mechanism for evaluating his/her productive habitus.

Keywords: Scientific production; Higher education; Mexico; Educational innovation; COVID-19; Tec 21 Educative Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103039

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