Reimagining education:  Learning from COVID-19 panel discussion

Faculty of Education

Panellists across four nations will discuss the impact of COVID-19  on educators.

Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus Building A Level 4, AND Online. Please register for full details.

COVID-19 catalysed significant changes across education sectors. In March 2020, we (a group of nine education researchers across four nations) initiated the <a href="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/teaching-and-learning-in-a-pandemic/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Teaching &amp; Learning in COVID-19 times study</a> as a <a href="http://www.achrc.net/humanities-in-the-regions-2020/asynchronous-presentations/teaching-learning-in-covid-19-times-study-an-art-science-collaboration/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">digital ethnography</a> to listen to teacher voices and stories about their work and their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic (through an online survey). 624 teachers across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the USA shared their lived experiences of negotiating these changes. From their accounts of rapid pedagogical change, innovation, novel partnerships, and enhanced questions of access and equity, we draw ideas as to how equitable quality teaching and learning can be moving forward. Associate Professor Louise Phillips will provide an overview of the study and insights from the <a href="https://theconversation.com/exhausted-beyond-measure-what-teachers-are-saying-about-covid-19-and-the-disruption-to-education-143601" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Australian respondents</a> attending to the Australian education landscape and COVID-19 restrictions, along with key ideas for reshaping education to be equitable in an unstable world.Associate Professor Jenny Ritchie will share how the current New Zealand government has espoused a strong commitment to the wellbeing of children, and explore ways in which New Zealand teachers’ responses demonstrated strategies for sustaining the wellbeing of children in their classes during the 2020 COVID-19 restrictions.Dr Esther Joosa will speak to the absences and silences for children, especially those with diverse needs, and the arts in in Singapore through the COVID-19 pandemic. The need to acknowledge and develop a strong agenda for research and dialogue that includes the effect of technology in learning, innovation and inequality will be discussed. Professor Cynthia Brock will discuss thematic analysis of the 307 US International Literacy Association teacher members’ responses to the survey with respect to the manner in which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their work as literacy teachers and sheds light on ways we might (re)design literacy education for the future. Dr Chris Campbell will discuss how educators learnt quickly the need to fully engage with digital tools and the importance of creating strong online relationships with students. Re-imagining higher education is complex and changing rapidly, with tensions between demands for flexibility and relationality.Our Executive Dean, Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, will be chairing the discussion and facilitating the QandA to follow.<ul><li>Date: 28th May 2021</li><li>Time: 10:00am to 11:30am (AEST)</li></ul>Please join us for this pivotal and provocative discussion.Kind regards,Associate Professor Louise Phillips, Director HDR, Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, Executive Dean, Professor Lexi Lasczik, Associate Dean (Research) and the Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University.Please register for on campus venue details and catering, or the webinar link for those attending online.<aside>Image source: Mapping moments by Kathryn Coleman</aside>

Associate Professor Louise Phillips – Teaching &amp; Learning in COVID-19 times study team teader and currently Director of Higher Degree Research in the Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University. Louise has more than 30 years of experience as an early childhood teacher, storyteller, consultant, researcher and tertiary educator in Australia and Singapore. She is internationally known for her research and publications on storytelling, children’s rights and citizenship, arts and rights-based pedagogies and methodologies. <a href="https://louptales.education/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://louptales.education/ </a>

Associate Professor Jenny Ritchie - Te Puna Akopai, the School of Education at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her background is in early childhood care and education. Her teaching, research, and writing focusses on illuminating pathways for social, cultural, and ecological justice. <a href="https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/Jenny.Ritchie" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/Jenny.Ritchie</a>

Dr Esther Joosa is the founder of Arts of the Earth, an independent arts education and research consultancy based in Singapore. Esther's work centres on arts-based research, specifically about the role of symbolism, culture and semiotics. She is interested in the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and especially persons affected by disabilities. She investigates how opportunities for online research enhance the development of dialogue, philosophical and practical engagement with creative arts-based collaborations. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-joosa-phd-876a2534/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-joosa-phd-876a2534/</a>

Professor Cynthia Brock (University of Wyoming) holds the Wyoming Excellence in Higher Education Endowed Chair in Literacy Education. Her research agenda centres on the study of children’s opportunities for learning literacy; she also explores ways to work with teachers and administrators to foster children’s literacy learning opportunities. She has conducted qualitative research in cross-cultural contexts including the United States, Australia, England, Fiji, Thailand, Laos, Spain, Chile and Costa Rica. <a href="http://www.uwyo.edu/education/lrcc/faculty-staff/cindy%20brock.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.uwyo.edu/education/lrcc/faculty-staff/cindy%20brock.html</a>

Dr Chris Campbell (Griffith University) is a Senior Lecturer Learning Innovation, in Learning Futures/Griffith Online, at Griffith University. Chris conducts research into educational technologies in the higher education environment. Chris teaches into the Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching as a course convenor and is the Program Director. She is currently the President of Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) and has been on the Executive since 2014. <a href="https://experts.griffith.edu.au/7801-chris-campbell" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://experts.griffith.edu.au/7801-chris-campbell</a>

<a href="https://researchportal.scu.edu.au/esploro/profile/amy_cuttermackenzieknowles/overview?institution=61SCU_INST" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles</a> is the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Education, as well as the Research Leader of the ‘Sustainability, Environment, the Arts in Education’ (SEAE) Research Cluster. She is a Professor of Sustainability, Environment and Education at Southern Cross University, Faculty of Education, Australia. Amy has been recognised nationally and internationally for her teaching and research excellence in environmental education, including an OLT Teaching Excellence Award, Citation and the Australian Association for Environmental Education Fellowship (Life Achievement Award) for her outstanding contribution to environmental education research.

<a href="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/teaching-and-learning-in-a-pandemic/items" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Teaching &amp; Learning in COVID-19 times study in the media</a>Henebery, B. (2021, January 14). What was COVID-19's impact on teaching and learning in 2020? The Educator. <a href="https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/what-was-covid19s-impact-on-teaching-and-learning-in-2020/274996" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/what-was-covid19s-impact-on-teaching-and-learning-in-2020/274996</a>Kendall, J. (interviewer) &amp; Cain, M. (interviewee) (2021, Jan. 13). Teaching and learning in COVID-19 times study. ABC Victoria statewide drive 2:20:38 – 2.29:00. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/vic-statewide-drive/drive/13037640" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/vic-statewide-drive/drive/13037640</a>(2020, November 25). SDSN AusNZPac Member Forum with Jeffrey Sachs: Learning from COVID for the SDGs. <a href="https://youtu.be/dxSKuvAW0xI" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/dxSKuvAW0xI</a>Campbell, C., Coleman, K., &amp; Cain, M., (2020, November 22). Teaching on-line in COVID-19 times, Campus Morning Mail. <a href="https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/teaching-on-line-in-covid-19-times/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/teaching-on-line-in-covid-19-times/</a>Phillips, L.G., &amp; Cain, M. (2020, August 4). ‘Exhausted beyond measure’: what teachers are saying about COVID-19 and the disruption to education. The Conversation. <a href="https://theconversation.com/exhausted-beyond-measure-what-teachers-are-saying-about-covid-19-and-the-disruption-to-education-143601" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://theconversation.com/exhausted-beyond-measure-what-teachers-are-saying-about-covid-19-and-the-disruption-to-education-143601</a>

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