E-LEARNING AS A COMPLEMENTARY MECHANISM TO TEACH POLITICAL SCIENCE – BETWEEN THE VOID OF THE CLASSROOM AND THE DEMANDS OF AN ONLINE GENERATION

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Bruno F. Costa

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Online teaching has occupied a prominent place in the training process of new generations, whether through formal models of education and training, or through informal education and training. The pandemic caused by the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus has had an effect on the way societies function, having produced the need to adapt work and educational contexts to the demands associated with physical distancing. This paper derives from a reflection that takes into account the pedagogical dimensions associated with the context of the classroom, with the need to adapt training to the online model, at a time when digitalization occupies a leading place in the western way of life. For this purpose, the teaching experience in the academic year 2020/2021 at the University of Beira Interior is based on a characterization of the pedagogical models associated with Political Science teaching.

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Costa, B. F. (2023). E-LEARNING AS A COMPLEMENTARY MECHANISM TO TEACH POLITICAL SCIENCE – BETWEEN THE VOID OF THE CLASSROOM AND THE DEMANDS OF AN ONLINE GENERATION. Methodical Perspectives, 14(14-1), 15–31. https://doi.org/10.19090/mv.2023.14.15-31
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TEACHING AND LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE RISE OF ELEARNING
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Bruno F. Costa

University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

Faculty of Arts and Letters, Department of  

Communication, Philosophy and Politics

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