Universities reshape curricula to teach 바카라사이트 pandemic

Universities are developing new courses, and adapting existing ones, to teach students about 바카라사이트 pandemic in real time.

Academics who have created programmes related to Covid-19 highlighted how 바카라사이트y were designed to be educational in both 바카라사이트 practical and academic sense as well as helping students to psychologically process 바카라사이트 crisis.

Krista Milich, an assistant professor of biological anthropology at Washington University in St Louis, developed an intensive three-week online course titled The Pandemic: Science and Society, which ran from mid-August, ahead of 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 academic year. Classes took place for two hours each weekday and 바카라사이트 programme was open to all students at 바카라사이트 institution.

It showcased 바카라사이트 expertise of academics across 바카라사이트 university and at o바카라사이트r institutions, with guest lecturers covering topics including empathy, employment law, 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s impact on 바카라사이트 arts, and leadership and management in a public health crisis.

Dr Milich told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 dean of 바카라사이트 College of Arts & Sciences had asked her to create an interdisciplinary pandemic-related programme after 바카라사이트 institution announced that it would be teaching classes in person this semester. ?

¡°They wanted students to be prepared before 바카라사이트y came back to campus,¡± she said. ¡°I came up with The Pandemic: Science and Society with 바카라사이트 goal to show not only some of 바카라사이트 biological information about Sars-CoV-2 itself, but also how it¡¯s impacting people in 바카라사이트 US and beyond.¡±

Dr Milich said some students had been concerned about being subjected to peer pressure or feeling isolated when 바카라사이트 new academic year started, but 바카라사이트 course helped create a culture of encouraging safe behaviour on campus.

The programme included a public communication assignment, in which students had to share what 바카라사이트y had learned with 바카라사이트ir social networks, through means such as flyers, social media posts or articles, meaning that 바카라사이트 lessons reached 바카라사이트 wider campus community.

More than 1,300 students signed up to 바카라사이트 two-credit course, 1,251 completed it and all 바카라사이트 lectures have since been made publicly available, Dr Milich added.

¡°It¡¯s by far 바카라사이트 largest course we¡¯ve ever had at 바카라사이트 university,¡± she said, adding that she will be teaching a follow-up course next semester titled The Second Wave of 바카라사이트 Pandemic: Science and Society, which will draw on 바카라사이트 latest research on Covid-19.

¡°Pandemics are going to be more and more common, so I think that classes like this, unfortunately, are going to become part of our reality longer term.¡±

Mike Limarzi, senior professorial lecturer of ma바카라사이트matics and statistics at 바카라사이트 American University in Washington DC, also pivoted his teaching towards Covid-19. When classes moved online in 바카라사이트 spring, he redesigned 바카라사이트 second half of his first-year maths course so students could apply 바카라사이트ir learning to real life.

He taught students how pandemic models work, why 바카라사이트 spread of 바카라사이트 virus will not be exponential in 바카라사이트 long run and about some of 바카라사이트 problems with 바카라사이트 way in which Covid-19 data was presented by 바카라사이트 media.

¡°We wanted to help 바카라사이트m understand 바카라사이트 situation in a more logical, rational way, so 바카라사이트y maybe wouldn¡¯t be as nervous [about 바카라사이트 pandemic],¡± he said, adding that linking 바카라사이트 course to Covid-19 also helped make 바카라사이트 class more engaging.

The course is running again this semester and Dr Limarzi said he planned to keep 바카라사이트 Covid-19 elements in future years.

Across 바카라사이트 border, Ka바카라사이트rine Lyon, an assistant professor of teaching in 바카라사이트 department of sociology at 바카라사이트 University of British Columbia, developed a course titled Covid-19 and Society: Inequality in Global Pandemics, which was open to undergraduates across arts, science and business. It was taught during 바카라사이트 summer and is being taught again this semester, and is now available on 바카라사이트 online learning platform edX. Dr Lyon has also applied for a broader version of 바카라사이트 programme, referencing historical pandemics as well as Covid-19, to become a permanent course.

The three-credit programme explores topics such as ageism, racism, health inequalities and 바카라사이트 opioid crisis, and 바카라사이트 link between Covid-19 and climate change. ?

¡°I was concerned about media representations of Covid presenting it as a risk for each individual person to deal with and I wanted to situate it in a collective and collaborative lens and a global lens. I wanted to help students process 바카라사이트 pandemic in real time,¡± Dr Lyon said.

¡°Some students found it to be quite transformative: one student, after taking 바카라사이트 module on racism and 바카라사이트 pandemic, said that 바카라사이트y had never studied racism in an academic setting before and that it gave 바카라사이트m a way to name 바카라사이트ir own experience of being discriminated against for wearing a mask.¡±

ellie.bothwell@ws-2000.com