This essay is a reflection about the COVID-19 pandemic from the vantage point of being on a sabbatical. As a result of the virus and global shut down, people are experiencing widespread suffering and economic devastation. The author, a professor,…
Over the past several months, new models of curriculum and the enactment of these models were devised and worked out in real time so that students might continue to learn and thrive despite abrupt changes to their day-to-day realities. Professional…
The field of art education has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in complex ways. Art educators have been challenged with teaching visual arts skills, practices, and concepts, to students in virtual classrooms using non-conventional means. Their…
As countries moved to halt the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020 access to physical sites of learning was restricted, so teachers across diverse educational contexts were required to rapidly embrace different modes and combinations of delivery.…
COVID-19 catalysed significant changes across education sectors. In March 2020, we (a group of nine education researchers across four nations) initiated the Teaching & Learning in COVID-19 times study as a digital ethnography to listen to teacher…
Braille Monitor article by Carlton Anne Cook Walker (president of the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children). The author “reviews a series of directives issued by the US Department of Education regarding students with disabilities. She…
Article on NFP website ‘The Conversation’. Includes reference to an RNIB report that notes that “two-thirds of visually impaired individuals feel they have become less independent since the start of lockdown”. The author provides some solutions to…
Short article on the Australian/Indonesian collaborative website AIDRAN highlighting challenges for accessing information about COVID, adhering to social distancing etc. when dependent on touch, support guides, and university learning for those who…
UNESCO link to a General Statement by the GLAD Inclusive Education Working Group in response to the COVID-19 crisis (https://gladnetwork.net/search/resources/general-statement-glad-inclusive-education-working-group-response-covid-19-crisis) Includes…
UK Guardian article on results of the Local Government Authorities (LGA) poll which highlights inequalities “particularly among children with special needs and disabilities, and reports significant pressures on staff and budgets.”
