Copyright
Sarah E. BarrettISBN
Paperback978-1-80511-892-3
Hardback978-1-80511-893-0
PDF978-1-80511-894-7
HTML978-1-80511-896-1
EPUB978-1-80511-895-4
Language
- English
THEMA
- JN
- JNC
- JHB
- JNA
BISAC
- EDU037000
- EDU040000
- EDU046000
- EDU001000
- EDU020000
- SOC026000
Keywords
- Pandemic pedagogy
- Emergency remote teaching (ERTL)
- Teacher experiences
- Relational education
- Ubuntu philosophy
- Educational trust and care
After the Before Times
Teachers’ Experiences of Pandemic Pedagogy
FORTHCOMING
In March 2020, when schools across Ontario, Canada closed and emergency remote teaching and learning (ERTL) began, 160,000 teachers were abruptly separated from their students and from the relational fabric that sustains classroom life. After the Before Times documents how teachers experienced those early months of COVID-19 pandemic pedagogy—and what their stories reveal about the nature of good education.
Drawing on interviews with fifty primary and secondary school teachers, Sarah Barrett moves beyond questions of technology and technique to explore relationships: with government, school boards, colleagues, parents, students, and self. In the ‘negative space’ of pandemic pedagogy, teachers identified what was hardest to replicate at a distance: trust, community, professional integrity, and care.
Grounded in the African philosophy of Ubuntu, ‘I am because we are’, this book offers a timely reflection on crisis, integrity, and the relational foundations of good education.
Contributors
Sarah E. Barrett
(author)Professor in the Faculty of Education and Associate Dean, Academic Programs at York University
Sarah Barrett is a Professor in the Faculty of Education and Associate Dean, Academic Programs, at York University, Canada. Her research focuses on teachers' experiences of how their values and beliefs influence their practice; the ethical aspects of environmental education; teaching science for social justice; science teacher education; and developing more inclusive high school science curricula.