Pedagogía de una pandemia. La voz de una maestra de secundaria

Abstract

In three different moments, a secondary school teacher narrates the events that have marked her live as a woman, mom and teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a journey that takes place between surprise, uncertainty and disenchantment, she reflects that the school is no longer and will not be never the same, not only because of the difference between face-to-face and distance education, but because all lives have been transformed, and many schoolchildren have dropped out, more than five million children and young people. He affirms with forcefulness: This bug, has aporophobia! Alluding to social inequality and the impact on people living in poverty. She reflects on the different responses of teachers and in the educational system, making a strong criticism of the viability and results of the "learn at home" model. She acknowledges the effects of the pandemic in the labor, economic and educational spheres, but it is reluctant to give credibility and adopt solutions that locate the problem only at the level of will and personal effort. On the contrary, it is argued that it is about of a systemic crisis, which encompasses social institutions as a whole. The expression of emotions, personal experiences and unexpected learning in the face of the breakdown of daily life, as well as the experience of confinement for more than a year and a half, allow us to envision a new subjectivity in the actors of education, which should be taken into account in the eventual return to school grounds.