Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ What if Kindness Is the New Normal? A Call to Re-Imagine the Purpose of Education in the Post-COVID World

Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This very short article makes the oft-repeated point that we cannot return the education system to 'normal' after the pandemic. "The oft-repeated assumption that children would have to face an uncertain job market and a fast-changing world a few years from now is already amidst us," write the authors. "Today we are rightly being forced to prioritize well-being over economic growth, for ourselves and the planet." I agree, and would encourage changing educational outcomes "from academic and economic outcomes to well-being and thriving of all students, communities, and the planet." But this is not the easy path forward, which makes it the less likely outcome.aa

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