The pace of change in how teaching and learning is delivered is increasing exponentially. It has been argued that since public education began, many things have stayed the same. When I was at school, I was taught subjects in discrete silos. The method of delivery was mainly ‘talk-and-chalk’ interspersed with Read more…
Quite simply it was a virus that was potent enough to demand interventions which required us to review how we interacted with one another. Bonds were broken to protect ourselves. Closeness, intimacy and social gatherings could have fatal consequences. ‘Safety in numbers’ became ‘risk in numbers’.
We need to consider next steps in ensuring students’ health when returning to Education
It has never been more important to have parents and carers involved in the education of young people. The invisible social contract between home and school always seemed to have a line between ‘home’ and ‘school’: current circumstances have blurred that line.