COVID19 & The Ongoing Problem of Educational Efficiency
In many ways, the current COVID-19 crisis has provided the impetus, or else opportunity, to examine the state of education and schools today. Currently, responses have focused largely on instrumental, pragmatic concerns that would allow formal education to “return to normal” as soon as possible. Per...
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Brock University
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Brock Education: a Journal of Educational Research and Practice |
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| description | In many ways, the current COVID-19 crisis has provided the impetus, or else opportunity, to examine the state of education and schools today. Currently, responses have focused largely on instrumental, pragmatic concerns that would allow formal education to “return to normal” as soon as possible. Perspectives such as these demonstrate the ongoing prevalence of values surrounding educational efficiency and how the pursuit of efficiency continues to dominate the field of educational reform. Thus, this essay reflects on the ideas of place, pace, and purpose in education surrounding the problematic nature of efficiency and asks instead to consider how we might shift our gaze to reconceptualize education in the contemporary period and beyond. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17d5adaa4088485283fb44392ac760312022-12-21T21:17:40ZengBrock UniversityBrock Education: a Journal of Educational Research and Practice1183-11892371-77502020-09-0129210.26522/brocked.v29i2.837COVID19 & The Ongoing Problem of Educational EfficiencyMichael Mindzak0Brock UniversityIn many ways, the current COVID-19 crisis has provided the impetus, or else opportunity, to examine the state of education and schools today. Currently, responses have focused largely on instrumental, pragmatic concerns that would allow formal education to “return to normal” as soon as possible. Perspectives such as these demonstrate the ongoing prevalence of values surrounding educational efficiency and how the pursuit of efficiency continues to dominate the field of educational reform. Thus, this essay reflects on the ideas of place, pace, and purpose in education surrounding the problematic nature of efficiency and asks instead to consider how we might shift our gaze to reconceptualize education in the contemporary period and beyond.https://journals.library.brocku.ca/brocked/index.php/home/article/view/837 |
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