The Heterogeneity Of Rural Contexts And Extended Day Schools In Times Of Pandemic: Possibilities And Constraints

Abstract

This article aims to describe some particularities of rural spaces in which 7 primary schools in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, are located in, called Nina schools, which have extended their school day since 2015 and, in pandemic by COVID 19, had to resignify their time organization and proposals.

On a global scale, in 2020, the times of exceptionality have disrupted daily school life, requiring adjustments that went from a pedagogical model focused on face-to-face teaching to proposals located in domestic spaces, in unprecedented scenarios. At the same time, schools in rural contexts were constrained and/or enabled by regional and local conditions, and these aspects will also be addressed in this paper. It is part of a Federal Study promoted in 2021 by the Ministry of Education of Argentina. In Entre Ríos, the subject under study was The knowledge of Nina schools, in rural contexts, in times of pandemic by Covid 19, approached from a qualitative methodological perspective.