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

LES ÉCHANGES ENTRE ENSEIGNANTS CAMEROUNAIS DANS LES GROUPES FACEBOOK PENDANT LA COVID-19 : ENTRE DIVERTISSEMENT ET PORTÉE PÉDAGOGIQUE
EXCHANGES BETWEEN CAMEROONIAN TEACHERS IN FACEBOOK GROUPS DURING COVID-19: BETWEEN ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATIONAL SCOPE

Author(s): Michel Fayole Dounla, Emmanuel Beche
Subject(s): Media studies, School education, Adult Education, Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: COVID-19; Teachers; Exchanges; Facebook; Knowledge;

Summary/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.

  • Issue Year: 43/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 217-228
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: French