Collaborative and Interinstitutional Networking as a Professional Way of Addressing Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors

  • ADRIÁN GALFRASCOLI ISP n° 4
  • SILVIA VEGLIA ISP n° 30
  • VERÓNICA LOPEZ ISP n° 64
  • SILVANA ASTESANA ISP n° 64
  • NATALIA HAESLER ISP n° 4031
  • ADRIANA LAMPERT ISP n° 2
  • WANDA POLLA UNL - ISP n° 8

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14409/ie.v0i13.9884

Keywords:

Pandemic, natural science teaching, collaborative networking, virtual communities, systematization of experiences

Abstract

This article presents an experience dealing
with a network developed by trainers of educators in
the field of Natural Sciences working in six Higher Education Institutes in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina,
during the period of preventive and mandatory social
isolation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Suspension of
teaching activities in traditional physical spaces and the
subsequent irruption of the distance education model as
an alternative to give continuity to training processes at
Higher Education was an event that urged to be faced.
The initial confusion gave way to a collective, plural,
and cooperative initiative, framed in an interinstitutional research project through collaborative networking
that prevented us from being trapped by immobility.
The work –fully developed by means of digital communication technologies– not only allowed us to build
knowledge about Natural Science teaching practices
developed in primary schools along the first weeks of
the quarantine, but it also generated a democratic and
participatory environment in virtual communities. This
exchange of diverse knowledge, materials, and experiences enriched us at both professional and human level.
The present work addresses our effort to systematize
the group experience.

Author Biographies

ADRIÁN GALFRASCOLI, ISP n° 4

Instituto Superior de Profesorado Nº 4, Ángel Cárcano,
Reconquista, Santa Fe. Profesor de Ciencias Naturales. Magister en
Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales (UNL)

SILVIA VEGLIA, ISP n° 30

Escuela Normal Superior Nº 30, Domingo F. Sarmiento,
Esperanza, Santa Fe. Profesora de Biología (UNL). Especialista en
Enseñanza de las Ciencias Naturales para la Educación Primaria
(INFOD).

VERÓNICA LOPEZ, ISP n° 64

Instituto Superior de Profesorado Nº 64, Ana María Fonseca,
Santo Tomé, Santa Fe. Profesora de Ciencias Naturales. Especialista
en Especialización Superior en Investigación Educativa (ISM)

SILVANA ASTESANA, ISP n° 64

Instituto Superior de Profesorado Nº 64, Ana María Fonseca,
Santo Tomé, Santa Fe. Profesora de Biología (UNL). Especialista
en Ecología Acuática Continental (UNL)

NATALIA HAESLER, ISP n° 4031

Instituto Superior Particular Incorporado Nº 4031, Francisco
Castañeda, Santa Fe Capital. Profesora de Biología (UNL).
Diplomada en Enseñanza de las Ciencias (FLACSO)

ADRIANA LAMPERT, ISP n° 2

Instituto Joaquín V. González, de Rafaela Nº 2, Rafaela, Santa
Fe. Profesora en Ciencias Naturales. Especialista en Enseñanza
de las Ciencias Naturales para la Educación Primaria (INFOD)

WANDA POLLA, UNL - ISP n° 8

Instituto Superior de Profesorado N°8, Alte. Guillermo Brown,
Santa Fe; Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias (UNL), Santa
Fe Capital. Profesora de Biología (UNL). Doctora en Ciencias
Biológicas (UNSA).

Published

2020-12-11

How to Cite

GALFRASCOLI, A., VEGLIA, S., LOPEZ, V., ASTESANA, S., HAESLER, N., LAMPERT, A., & POLLA, W. (2020). Collaborative and Interinstitutional Networking as a Professional Way of Addressing Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Itinerarios Educativos, (13), 133–146. https://doi.org/10.14409/ie.v0i13.9884

Issue

Section

Experiences and projects