The status quo of online and offline moral education classroom barriers and connecting paths

Abstract

New challenges in the development of teaching methods lead to a large number of new tools, methods, and approaches to teaching. The structure and functions of a class as a basic social group in education is being radically transformed, becoming more and more virtual especially in COVID-19/post-COVID period. In this regard, this study proposes a model that generalizes the existing trends in changing forms of education towards its digitalization, virtualization and mobility to increase the effectiveness of pedagogical practice. The model is based on Pierre Bourdieu’s model of a social field, which has proven its effectiveness in pedagogy. The study considers the communicative space of the class as an integral structure aimed at the optimal academic, social and moral development of the participants. Considering a physical and communicational expanse of class as a social field that describes the field of cognitive, social, and psychological interaction between participants in the educational process, the study tries to establish its structure, stages of formation and suggests considering examples of partial successful application of similar models in other studies. The proposed model acts as a generalization, combining models and approaches previously used on the basis of the social field theory. The practical application of this model will make possible the classroom learning process more effective in both online and off-line implication and social interaction less conflict and stable.

Keywords:

• Class education
• class learning
• cultural capital
• educational practices
• field theory
• moral development
• sociology

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability

Data will be available on request.

Notes on contributor

Huiwen Gao is a Master of Science, Lecturer at School of Teacher Education in Huzhou University, Huzhou, China. Research interest include moral education, e-learning and educational management.

Additional information

Funding

This work is supported by Humanities and Social Science Research Special Task Project of the Ministry of Education (Ideological and Political Work in Colleges and Universities): 20JDSZ3087; General scientific research project of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education (Ideological and Political Education Special Project): Y201942647.