Interdisciplinary Perspectives to Sustain Effective Post-COVID-19 Classrooms

Bunmi Isaiah Omodan ORCID iD

Issue: Vol.3  No.11 October 2022 Post COVID-19 Special Issue pp.1-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2022SP3111 |   Published online 25th October 2022.
© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, teaching and learning have experienced various challenges and shifts from normal classroom dimensions to what several scholars regard as the “new normal.” This situation disrupted teaching and learning systems, with various institutions trying to find alternative ways to ensure effective curriculum implementation. In the event that COVID-19 seems to be a thing of the past, there is a need to understand how best education actors could navigate the new shift. Therefore, researchers need to continue to work on improving educators’ understanding of how best to teach and learn and how students and educational institutions respond to the shift in the post-pandemic classrooms. Based on this, a special issue was initiated to galvanize findings, views, approaches, and strategies to enhance sustainable post-COVID-19 pedagogical needs. Therefore, this special issue plays an essential role in helping students, scholars, educators, policymakers and educational agencies understand the present pedagogical shift and prepare for the future.

Keywords: Post COVID-19 Classrooms, teaching and learning, new normal, pedagogical needs.

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Bunmi Isaiah Omodan is a Senior Lecturer at Walter Sisulu University, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Education Management and Leadership. He is the Editor-in-Chief and guest editor of various academic journals. He currently holds a research grant to decolonize the management of student unrest in South Africa universities. He has published many articles in various local and international journals, chapters-in-books, and conference proceedings. His research focus includes but is not limited to qualitative and quantitative research approaches, Africanised pedagogy, decoloniality and conflict management.

Omodan B. I. “Interdisciplinary Perspectives to Sustain Effective Post-COVID-19 Classrooms,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 3, no.11 (2022):1-5. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2022sp3111

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