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2020 - Volume 4 - Number 2

Philosophy of Education in the Digital Era

Boris V. Markov * b.markov@spbu.ru * ORCID: 0000-0003-3755-6742 * ResearcherID: N-3706-2013
St. Petersburg State University, Institute of Philosophy, St. Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Svetlana V. Volkova * svetavolkov@ya.ru * ORCID: 0000-0001-8463-100X
Petrozavodsk State University, Institute of History, Political and Social Sciences, Petrozavodsk, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Open Journal for Studies in Philosophy, 2020, 4(2), 57-66 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojsp.0402.02057m
Received: 31 August 2020 ▪ Accepted: 23 November 2020 ▪ Published Online: 16 December 2020

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
The article presents philosophical and critical exploration of education in the framework of intensive informatization of modern society. The use of digital technology is nowadays a key feature of educational practices in the world. Yet despite its prominence, digital technologies in education continue to be an issue that rarely receives sustained critical attention and thought. Tackling the wider picture, addressing philosophical, cultural, economic aspects of education in digital age, the study offers to make sense what happens and what doesn’t happen, when the digital and educational come together. Both positive and negative consequences of the spread of e-learning systems and technologies are analyzed. Examining contemporary education in terms of social justice, equality and meaningfulness the authors formulate the key tasks facing the philosophy of education in the modern digital era. The authors conclude that it is necessary to supplement electronic educational technologies with traditional educational practices. In particular they examine the trends and prospects of cognitive research and biotechnologies in the light of their influence on the human ideal that characterizes contemporary education. The authors argue that a serious and fruitful comprehension of education in the digital age requires a revision of the classic opposition of the subject and object, spirit and body, man and animal.

KEY WORDS: philosophy of education, human being, online courses, digital economy, quality of education, mission of the university, education policy.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Boris V. Markov, Petersburg State University, Institute of Philosophy, Department of Philosophic Anthropology, St. St. Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION. E-mail: bmarkov@mail.ru.

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