HEADlines: Making the best out of our stay-at-home situation

Issue 11: 21 Apr 2020

Every week, HEADlines brings you the latest news, stories and commentaries

in education and healthcare. This week, get insights on the latest developments

in education.

Making the best out of our stay-at-home situation: How to help your child thrive at home

As schools and workplaces remain closed, parents continue to juggle their work with helping their children adjust to home-based learning. However, every cloud has a silver lining: staying at home gives parents the opportunity to play an active role in stewarding their children's education and well-being. After all, parents are the most important teachers.

From Lego blocks and ropes to everyday spaces, parents and educators are sharing creative ways to incorporate play-based learning into their stay-at-home lives. Books, YouTube videos, and subtitled TV shows have also been suggested as ways to develop children's learning and developmental skills.

This pandemic also gives educators and parents a real-life example to teach children about science and global affairs, as well as climate issues. In these unprecedented times, instead of feeling anxious, let's make the best out of our situation. We should be thankful for the opportunity to spend quality time with our families, and engage in meaningful activities that we may not have had the time to do so otherwise.

Editor's Picks: Education after COVID-19

Forbes (Contribution): A new learning ecosystem is more important than ever

A new learning ecosystem, centered on the needs and the lived experiences of working learners, can help people thrive in the work of the future.

The Guardian: When the Covid-19 crisis finally ends, schools must never return to normal

A new era needs to value teachers and end the tyranny of tests and ruthless competition for league table places.

The Washington Post: A proposal for what post-coronavirus schools should do (instead of what they used to do)

Childhood education can no longer be about standardised tests, but learning powered by the health and wellbeing of children and teachers.

Today (Opinion): How would education in Singapore look if there were no need to educate?

There is room in the Singapore education system, and in our mindsets, for a little educational passion.

Brookings: Coronavirus and challenging times for education in developing countries

Education systems must continue to grow in low- and middle-income countries, whose young people will profoundly shape the world.

Education in the spotlight

World Economic Forum: Our education system is losing relevance. Here's how to unleash its potential

Our education system was in crisis even before COVID-19. Here are 3 ways to reset learning.

The Dialogue: Dual education in Latin America: Challenges and opportunities

Check out The Dialogue's report on 40 Latin American dual education programmes, also known as work-study programmes.

Inside Higher Ed: ‘Academic’ means more than tenure track

The comparison of academic vs non-academic jobs presents a false dichotomy for students who are considering diverse career options.

Inside Higher Ed: The Data-Sitters Club

A team of digital humanists set out to quantitatively analyse 'girl culture' in children's literature.

EducationNext: The stubborn myth of “learning styles”

More than half of US states still test teachers on learning styles, even after science has debunked the theory.

Forbes (Contribution): Teaching computer programming In Kenya...using phones

How do you teach computer programming to students who don't have computers? A Kenyan university lecturer shows you how.

That's all for the week!

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