Education and Pedagogical Experiences

This book analyses how the educational ecosystem undergoes a paradigm shift during human emergencies - be it natural, manmade, environmental, ethnic or a global pandemic like COVID-19. It discusses varied approaches, experiences, and the steadfast desire to share information, demonstrating the value of teaching and learning in difficult conditions. This volume aims to build resilience and inspire young minds to persevere through challenging times. It explores the continuity of education during emergencies, various teaching and learning approaches, and the importance of maintaining a resilient attitude. Each addresses the cultural and locational specifics of emergencies, illustrating how education and pedagogy have made a global impact. They also examine a specific aim, enriched by cultural, geographical, and human variables, and how education and pedagogy aim to resolve these concerns. This book would be useful to students, researchers and teachers working in Education, Environmental Science and Disaster Management, Political Science, Public Administration, International Relations, Peace Education, Psychology and Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Sociology and Social work. It would also be an invaluable companion to practicing pre-service and in-service teachers and their trainers, policy makers, professionals from government and non-government organizations working in education and social development.

Kennedy Andrew Thomas is the Director of Centre for Education Beyond Curriculum (CEDBEC) and Professor in School of Education at Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, India. Joseph Varghese Kureethara is Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Christ University, Bangalore.

Introduction Part I: Pedagogic and Cognitive Enhancement Insights in Education 1. Pedagogical Challenges of Online Teaching-Learning: Lessons Learned, Measures Adopted and Suggestions for Way Forward 2. Pedagogical Experiences Coping with Human Emergencies 3. Empathy Education in Schools as Primordial Prevention of Antisocial Behaviours 4. Towards Eradication of HIV and Aids at Zimbabwe Teachers' Colleges - Challenges Faced by Student Teachers 5. Reflective Portfolios on Professional Enrichment among Students of Teacher Education Programme During Pandemic Part II: Wellbeing through Education 6. Education in Natural Disaster Environments: The Zimbabwean Experience 7. Education should be a guide to promote peace in Sri Lanka 8. Influence of Psychosocial Factors in Online Learning During Humanitarian Emergencies 9. Promoting Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health through Student Mentorship during Human Emergencies Part III: Coping and Resilience through Education 10. Education and Human Emergencies Conundrum 11. Risk & Resilience in Human Emergencies: Pedagogical Directions from a Psychosocial and Neuropsychological Paradigm 12. Education and the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Other and Otherization 13. Educational Technology in Human Emergencies: The Revolution of Educational Technology in Response to Covid-19 14. Social Cognition in relation to Emotional Management during Covid-19 Pandemic Situation among Undergraduate Teacher Trainees 15. Tsunami as Educational Emergency: Strategies of Different Countries for Post Tsunami Reconstruction 16. Performing arts teaching pedagogies and models evolved during COVID-19 17. Impact of Diverse Orientations in Human Emergency Responses: Illustrations of Korean National Experiences in Modern History Index