Keats’ “negative capability” for digital resilience education. Exploring boundaries among English language, social network, and resilience as resources for communication and inclusion

Abstract

Digital technologies and social networks introduced in today’s society and, consequently in families and schools, created a never-ending debate on their risks and their possibilities among experts and media. The investigation of the boundaries of social networks, resilience and the English language will design the scenario for discussing how to balance these polarities and develop educators’ competencies to cope successfully with digital challenges, their pedagogical implications for a digital resilient education and the way to trace hypothetical training on these themes. The way for developing digital resilient education should include reflective practices for becoming resilient educators and parents. Keats’ category of “negative capability” reminds us to catch the beauty of each change and to face uncertainty through “reflective inaction”.