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Publication Date: 2021
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The Other Side of 2020: Questioning Everything--Doing Something
Journal of Communication Pedagogy, v5 p25-30 2021
In February of 2020, everything around the world changed. By mid-March, the majority of the world was locked down. Teachers were called on to create a sense of "normalcy" for their students. And we tried. During that process, though, as a teacher, I started to truly question what I was teaching and--more importantly--HOW I was teaching. This reflective essay offers a critical interrogation of my own pedagogical choices during and because of the COVID-19 pandemic . . . and so many other "moments" that have led up to it. I contend that we need to look in the mirror and ask ourselves, "Are we doing this right?" The following offers my starting point.
Descriptors: Educational Change, COVID-19, Pandemics, Critical Literacy, Media Literacy, Educational Practices, Introductory Courses, Mass Media, Autobiographies, Ethnography
Central States Communication Association. University of Montevallo, Department of Communication, 75 College Drive, Station 6625, Montevallo, AL 35115. e-mail: csca.ed@gmail.com; Web site: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jcp/
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Language: English
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