Copyright

Sarah E. Barrett

Published On

2026-06-12

Language

  • English

Print Length

14 pages

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

9. I Am Because We Are

Chapter of: After the Before Times: Teachers’ Experiences of Pandemic Pedagogy

Chapter 9, the concluding chapter, summarizes the findings described in Chapters two to eight, reviews the theories introduced throughout the book, summarizes how teachers experienced the relationships highlighted, and brings Ubuntu back into the picture to examine this matrix of relationships in order to both understand teachers’ experiences and determine the characteristics of a good quality education.

Contributors

Sarah E. Barrett

(author)
Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3454-9467

Sarah Barrett is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, inToronto, Canada. Her research focuses on teachers' experiences of how theirvalues and beliefs influence their practice; the ethical aspects of environmentaleducation; teaching science for social justice; science teacher education; anddeveloping more inclusive high school science curricula.