THE CHALLENGES OF EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
THE CHALLENGES OF EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: The contemporary world sometimes seems to be a world of permanent transition. It appears to us at the same time unitary (due to the accentuation of the similarities that occurred through globalization) but also diverse (due to the different ways of achieving the transformations determined by the global changes of the world). Today's social world is an exponentially developed world of globalization and technology and information. Social relationships can be seen as local, but they are influenced by global events that are instantly known around the world due to realtime virtual communication. Thus, the relationships and influences between people expand and include people and communities distant in the physical space, but not socially virtual, these being a click away. Today's society has reached such a level of development in most areas of social life that we have to manage the consequences in these areas, namely in education, culture, economy, strongly influenced by information and communication technology. Contemporary societies are in a profound period of change, the development of technology, the Covid-19 pandemic have had a profound effect on education and its consequences are unforeseen. Educational differences and inequality are found in all societies where competition, markets and the family are central institutions. The school is one of the institutions that plays an essential role in society. In this context, it is necessary to mention some of the challenges of education over time and those it has today, in the context of society influenced by technological development and the pandemic context caused by the Sars Cov virus 2. Although initially education was supposed to be a means of reducing social inequalities, the reality is much more complex and paradoxically education sometimes tends to express inequalities to a greater extent than it does to change them. How education actually produces educational inequalities is a reality in the context of today's society strongly marked by the development of technology and the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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