Mending Education, 9780807786000
Paperback
Pandemic forced change reveals unexpected education improvements, offering hope and strategies.

Mending Education

Finding Hope, Creativity, and Mental Wellness in Times of Trauma

$108.84

  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    26 September 2024

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Summary

Discover how the crisis of a global pandemic allowed educators to improve learning across the pre-K–adult pipeline. While acknowledging the scale of loss and difficulty the COVID pandemic engendered within the field of education, this book focuses on how sudden and forced changes to teaching and learning created “Pandemic Positives,” which can be captured and brought to scale.

In particular:

  • Part I addresses how Pandemic Positives came into being, with special attention …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780807786000
ISBN-10:0807786004
Author:Karen Gross, Edward K.S. Wang
Publisher:Teachers' College Press
Imprint:Teachers' College Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:26 September 2024
Weight:340g
Dimensions:229mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

“This is a resource that provides realistic solutions that not only address immediate needs but create a roadmap for long-term change in education. Very highly recommended.”

– “Readers’ Favorite”

“Whether you’re a policymaker, an educator, or simply curious about how the pandemic reshaped learning, this book provides a meaningful lens through which to view the challenges and opportunities that now define modern education.”

– “Literary Titan”

About The Author

Karen Gross

Karen Gross, author, educator, and artist, serves as an instructor of continuing education at Rutgers School of Social Work and visiting professor at various colleges in the United States and Canada. A former college president, she also served as a senior policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Education.

Edward K.S. Wang is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of policy and planning for the Chester M. Pierce, MD Division of Global Psychiatry, at Massachusetts General Hospital. Previously, he was the director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, and the National Advisory Council, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.

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