GEI, Braunschweig, Germany
25-26th Apr 2025
Deadline (Abstracts): 17th Apr 2025
As we enter the 2020s, digital technologies—such as big data analytics and generative AI—have become increasingly integrated into education. Promoted in national and international policy documents as transformative tools capable of addressing enduring challenges like educational disparities and the constraints of standardized evaluation, these technologies have spurred signifi-cant optimism. Concurrently, a growing body of scholarship calls for a critical examination of such techno-optimism. Researchers are increasingly focused on uncovering the discourse and power dynamics that underpin the integration of digital technologies in education, as well as conducting fieldwork to explore their localized enactments and social effects.
As a part of the research project “The Digital Transformation of School Education in China: Policies, Governance Structures and Local Stakeholders,” this workshop aims to gathering schol-ars who adopt qualitative research methods to address international relevant topics within Chi-nese contexts, including but not limited to:
- Philosophical, Historical, and Socio-Cultural Perspectives:
How have digital technologies been articulated and deployed within China’s social, cultural and educational context? What promises do these technologies hold, and in what ways do the integra-tion of digital technologies shape who benefits and who is marginalized? - Everyday Practices and Perception:
How are digital technologies integrated into everyday classroom teaching practices, school man-agement, and educational governance in China, and how do teachers, students and parents per-ceive the changes brought by educational digitalization, particularly regarding educational quality, equality, and life-work balance? - Governance and Power Dynamics:
How is educational digitalization being governed at local level in China to realize its promised goals? Which agencies are involved, and how their power relation evolving? - Digital Literacies and Emerging Concerns:
What digital literacies are being promoted to teachers, students and parents in the context of ed-ucational digitalization, and what hopes and concerns accompany the adoption of digital technol-ogies in education?
Timeline of the workshop:
17.04.2025: Deadline for abstract submission (maximum 600 Words). The abstract should include the theoretical framework, methodology, research questions, data and conclusions. Please attach a separate author biography (including names, A separated author’s biography, including name, title, affiliation, research fields, and related publications, if possible) and sent both documents to: haonan.chen@gei.de
27.04. 2025: Announcement of selection outcomes.
25-26.06.2025: Two-day workshop at GEI, Braunschweig, Germany.
Cost and others information:
• The workshop will be conducted in English.
• There is no fee for the workshop. Accommodation (two or three nights in a hotel and meals during the workshop dates) will be covered by the project.
• For PhD students and early-career scholars without funding, the workshop will prioritize travel cost support, covering part of the expenses depending on the number of attendees.
If you have any questions regarding the workshop, please send an email to: haonan.chen@gei.de
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