Higher Education and the Ethic of Care: Finding a Way Forward During a Global Pandemic

At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, before we had a chance to acclimate to our world turned upside-down, I was genuinely confounded by the inflexibility of some professors to help students. After all, we had been offered the grace of an extension on tenure-track requirements, and afforded the...

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Published in:Cultural studies, critical methodologies critical methodologies, 2021-06, Vol.21 (3), p.301-305
Main Author: Persky, Julia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Higher education
Moral education
Pandemics
Positionality
Special COVID-19 article
Teaching
Work at home
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Summary:At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, before we had a chance to acclimate to our world turned upside-down, I was genuinely confounded by the inflexibility of some professors to help students. After all, we had been offered the grace of an extension on tenure-track requirements, and afforded the opportunity, and relative safety, of working from home. How was it possible then, to not understand that students, too, might need grace? And how could anyone be OK with choosing not to help? Far from traditional research questions, my wonderings provoked lively conversations with colleagues, and a lens through which to consider my own positionality and difficulties in dealing with the challenges posed by the pandemic. Framed by Nel Noddings’ Ethic of Care, and through poetic inquiry, this article presents a personal response to teaching in an Educator Preparation Program during a global pandemic.
ISSN:1532-7086
1552-356X
DOI:10.1177/15327086211002776