1st Edition

Education and Pedagogical Experiences Coping with Human Emergencies and Exploring Resilience Strategies

Edited By Kennedy Thomas, Joseph Kureethara Copyright 2025
    328 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge India

    328 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge India

    This book analyses how the educational ecosystem undergoes a paradigm shift during human emergencies – be it natural, manmade, environmental, ethnic or a global pandemic like COVID-19. It discusses varied approaches, experiences, and the steadfast desire to share information, demonstrating the value of teaching and learning in difficult conditions.

    This volume aims to build resilience and inspire young minds to persevere through challenging times. It explores the continuity of education during emergencies, various teaching and learning approaches, and the importance of maintaining a resilient attitude. Each  addresses the cultural and locational specifics of emergencies, illustrating how education and pedagogy have made a global impact. They also examine a specific aim, enriched by cultural, geographical, and human variables, and how education and pedagogy aim to resolve these concerns.

    This book would be useful to students, researchers and teachers working in Education, Environmental Science and Disaster Management, Political Science, Public Administration, International Relations, Peace Education, Psychology and Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Sociology and Social work. It would also be an invaluable companion to practicing pre-service and in-service teachers and their trainers, policy makers, professionals from government and non-government organizations working in education and social development.

     

    Introduction

    Part I: Pedagogic and Cognitive Enhancement Insights in Education

    1.      Pedagogical Challenges of Online Teaching-Learning: Lessons Learned, Measures Adopted and Suggestions for Way Forward

    Suresh Garg and Ramesh Chander Sharma

    2.      Pedagogical Experiences Coping with Human Emergencies

    Elisha Chamunorwa Kujeke

    3.      Empathy Education in Schools as Primordial Prevention of Antisocial Behaviours

    Rasnayaka M Mudiyanse, Anuradha Rathnayaka, Jayasinghe H. M. A. U. and Aanjeli Wimalasiri

    4.      Towards Eradication of HIV and Aids at Zimbabwe Teachers’ Colleges - Challenges Faced by Student Teachers

    Priscilla Mujuru

    5. Reflective Portfolios on Professional Enrichment among Students of Teacher Education Programme During Pandemic

    K. Chellamani and Raghi. P. Nair

    Part II: Wellbeing through Education

    6.      Education in Natural Disaster Environments: The Zimbabwean Experience

    Maria Tsvere and Jacob Mapara

     7. Education should be a guide to promote peace in Sri Lanka

    T.M.D.S.K. Tennakoon, Benny Thomas and Kennedy Andrew Thomas

     8. Influence of Psychosocial Factors in Online Learning During Humanitarian Emergencies

    Upasana Bagchi and K Jayasankara Reddy

     9. Promoting Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health through Student Mentorship during Human Emergencies

    Trina Banerjee and K. Jaysankara Reddy

     

    Part III: Coping and Resilience through Education

     10. Education and Human Emergencies Conundrum

    Kennedy Andrew Thomas, Sindhu Shantha Nair, Joseph Varghese Kureethara and Jemy Jose Mathew

     11. Risk & Resilience in Human Emergencies: Pedagogical Directions from a Psychosocial and Neuropsychological Paradigm

    Sahen Gupta and K. Jayasankara Reddy

     12. Education and the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Other and Otherization

    Habibullah Shah, Javid Ahmad Dar and Khanday Mudasir Ahmad

     13. Educational Technology in Human Emergencies: The Revolution of Educational Technology in Response to Covid-19

    Esmaeil Azimi and Rana Dastafshan

     14. Social Cognition in relation to Emotional Management during Covid-19 Pandemic Situation among Undergraduate Teacher Trainees

    Parimala Fathima M., A.Jahitha Begum, Sudha S.and Ponselvakumar G.

     15. Tsunami as Educational Emergency: Strategies of Different Countries for Post Tsunami Reconstruction

    A.Jahitha Begum, I. Joseph Milton Paulraj,  Philomina M. J. and N. Devaki

     16. Performing arts teaching pedagogies and models evolved during COVID-19

    Chad Landon Kennedy, Lijo Thomas and Radhika Khanna

     17. Impact of Diverse Orientations in Human Emergency Responses: Illustrations of Korean National Experiences in Modern History

    Paul C. Hong and Young Ran Hyun

    Index

    Biography

    Kennedy Andrew Thomas is the Director of Centre for Education Beyond Curriculum (CEDBEC) and Professor in School of Education at Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, India.

    Joseph Varghese Kureethara is Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Christ University, Bangalore.