SPECIAL EPISODE
Teaching During the Pandemic: A Reflection on Teacher Creativity
“ When the Pandemic first hit, I was observing my children’s teachers struggle with the challenges of engaging and teaching students at a distance during this kind of really turbulent time, I felt that I was observing incredible creativity as they would come back the following day with solutions to problems that I thought were sometimes to some extent unsolvable and I was just really fascinated”
– Dr. Matthew Worwood
Hosts & Guests
Cyndi Burnett
Matthew Worwood
Episode Transcription
SPECIAL: Teaching During the Pandemic: A Reflection on Teacher Creativity
Teacher Roundtables: Teaching during the Pandemic” offers a deep dive into the challenges and triumphs of six educators during the pandemic.
In this episode Matt and Cyndi introduce a documentary film, titled Teaching During the Pandemic. The film unfolds through a roundtable discussion that facilitates personal anecdotes about the emotional and professional hurdles teachers faced as they worked to connect and engage with their students during the initial lockdown and the personal toll of navigating their health and well-being once schools returned the following year.
The story showcases the remarkable ways teachers went above and beyond to support their students and the innovative strategies that emerged from the experience.
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