The 7 Dangers of Pandemic Pedagogy With the recent school closings millions of k-12 students across the US shifted to online or distance based learning in a matter of 3 weeks. The necessary social distancing treatment to fight the COVID19 pandemic has thrust educational professionals, teachers, parents and students into a new form of digital education that can only be called Pandemic Pedagogy . Make no mistake, this novel approach to mass education is nothing like the online learning or distance education for which some educators have opined. Furthermore, it is not like homeschooling that many parents practiced before now. Pandemic Pedagogy is in fact, a massive scramble to place internet connected computers and screens in front of students to deal with the initial shock of shuttering schools. It is driven primarily by the fear of students losing 6 or more months of instructional time. By all accounts, Pandemic Pedagogy lacks the thoughtful analysis, planning, and instr...
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