Teaching Through Change: From Pandemic to Protest in International Schools

Abstract

This piece discusses the changes that have occurred around the world and within schools as a result of a series of global pandemics. It compares the handling of teaching and learning within international schools in Asia and North America in response to pandemics from SARS to COVID-19. It is also an analysis of how other social and political issues influence learning during these times, especially as a call to justice. The chapter references both the Umbrella Movement and the Black Lives Matter movement within each country as they existed during the pandemic and I discuss my own personal experience and those experiences of my colleagues and the schools I have previously worked in.

Citation

Ifi, N. (2021), "Teaching Through Change: From Pandemic to Protest in International Schools", Wiseman, A.W. (Ed.) Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2020 (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 40), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 397-401. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-367920210000040022