Addressing Educational Challenges In the Era of Pandemics (SangSaeng no.55, 2020)

With the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the global crisis has further aggravated various multifaceted challenges to humanity. We are forced to prepare for another paradigm shift or, in other words, a “New Normal.” With this in mind, the 55th edition of SangSaeng focuses on “Addressing Educational Challenges in the Era of Pandemics.”

Contents

03   Editor’s Note

04   Special Column

Towards Sustainability: Implications of Pandemic and How to Create the Future We All Want / Jae C. Choe

08   FOCUS: Addressing Educational Challenges in the Era of Pandemics

• 08 Rethinking Education in the Shadow of the Pandemic / Edward Vickers
• 12 Reimagining Education System to Reduce Social Inequalities / Paul R. Carr
• 16 Reshaping Kenya for Beyond COVID / Jane Wanjiru Nyaga
• 19 Rethinking Human Rights Education in the Pandemic / Abraham Magendzo K.
• 22 Prioritizing GCED in Recovery of Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities / Romina Kasman

26   Best Practices

• 26 Loxo Yakaar: Hands of Hope / Karima Grant and Chakera McIntosh
• 29 Care for Tomorrow Starts Today / Tina Trdin

32   Special Report

Report on the Round Table: “Next Normal” We Make / IGCED, APCEIU

36   Story Time

How Do You Paint? / Recka Olasiman

38   Peace in My Memory

Give Me Peace on Earth / Libby Giles

41   Understanding the Asia-Pacific Region

Water Heritage in Southeast Asia / Karen Chin Ai Ying

45   GCED Youth Network

Meaningful Spaces to Exchange and Learn Together / GCED Youth Network Core Group

48   Letter

Promoting GCED in Sri Lanka / Deshamanya A.L.S. Abeywickrama

50   APCEIU in Action