Curriculum Challenges in Times of Pandemic: Disruptive Innovation and Technologies for Inclusion and Social Justice

Abstract

This article analyzes the role played by the school curriculum and the challenges faced in designing and implementing it in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We describe the experiences of some curriculum actors and argue there is a need to promote disruptive innovation in education and in the curriculum, especially in Mexico and Latin America. Specialized literature and reports by international organizations serve to open up a debate on the use of ICT, online education, and other media and communications resources as cultural artifacts that may or may not gain meaning based on a specific sociocultural context and practices. The lack of social justice and inclusion in education is discussed, as is the emergence of new subjectivities and curricular alternatives.

Keywords

• curriculum
• distance study
• educational technology
• pandemics
• social justice