DAILY REFLECTION ON PANDEMIC TIMES: EDUCATION, DEMOCRACIES AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES - WHAT LIFE LESSONS MAY WE LEARN FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

Abstract

This essay aims to reflect on the forms of remote education and the impacts caused by Covid-19 during the 2020.1 academic period. It is intended to propose a debate about the conditions given to students and teachers to comply with the academic calendar. Like several sectors of our society, the Brazilian educational system was forced to reinvent itself in the face of the current scenario of the pandemic that affects the whole world. For the development of our reflection, we present the specificities of three student groups, from different institutions, with diverse socio-economic profiles, and with limited virtual accessibility. It is intended to show throughout this essay the social inequalities that the pandemic brought to the surface and how it directly affects students and teachers. The first group are students from the Fashion and Clothing Modeling course at the Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG), where our observation took place from the practical classes in the elaboration of historical garments. In the second group are students from the Angel Vianna Dance College – RJ (EFAV) from the scene visualization classes and the creative process for dance costumes. And in the third group are students from the creative laboratory (stage costumes) that took place at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UniRio). In all institutions, observations emerge from the perspective and teaching practice between April and December 2020. Keywords Remote Education. Learning. Social Inequality. Digital Inclusion.