Dertinger A, Bärnreuther C, Kramer M, Kammerl R (2025)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: In review
Publication Type: Journal article, Review article
Future Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2025
Book Volume: 21
Pages Range: 1-17
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.7577/seminar.6338
The Covid-19 pandemic had a massive impact on school education around the world. Digital media thus became an integral part of school life, and the question arises as to how this development has affecteddigital education in primary schools and what the long-term effects of this change have been. The paper discusses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on digital education in German primary schools and the current situation. It presents the results of a qualitative focus group interviews with stakeholders in primary education, including school principals, teachers' association representatives and school administrators. Ten focus group interviews were conducted with a total of 45 people and analysed using qualitative content analysis. Interviewees report only limited sustainable development of digital education in primary schools driven by the Covid-19 pandemic. Overall, teachers were reported to be very willing to test and experiment with the pedagogical possibilities and potential of digital technologies, especially during the pandemic. Teachers perceived structural conditions, such as technical infrastructure, bureaucratic processes and inconsistent data protection requirements, as significant barriers to the use of digital media in German primary education. The findings thus highlight the importance of analysing the interplay between teachers' personal factors and the structural conditions of digital education.
APA:
Dertinger, A., Bärnreuther, C., Kramer, M., & Kammerl, R. (2025). Between Transition and Back to Normal: Empirical Insights into Post-Pandemic Digital Education at Primary Schools in Germany. Seminar.net, 21(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.7577/seminar.6338
MLA:
Dertinger, Andreas, et al. "Between Transition and Back to Normal: Empirical Insights into Post-Pandemic Digital Education at Primary Schools in Germany." Seminar.net 21.2 (2025): 1-17.
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