If pandemics occur regularly in society, should children be educated about them as part of the core curriculum and should they be taught how to respond, behave and cope during a pandemic?
Not necessarily but they must be taught as they appear but be taught about past pandemics as history lessons
It is likely to continue for long and students should be trained how to adapt the new normal - both academic and daily life. Needless to say, those from remote areas where internet connection is unstable should be trained how to do self-study and how to benefit from collaborative and community-based learning (of course, with health care protocol).
Your question is not clear. Are you trying to ask if training on how to manage teaching during pandemic should be part of the teacher education curriculum?
Children and adults should learn how to adapt to changes and be able to make adjustments based on the needs we as society have.
Yes, however, this is an extension of Social Emotional Learning. If we teach empathy, establishing and maintaining relationships, mutual respect, etc. Unforeseen circumstances such as a pandemic are a little easier to address.
Yes, they’re capable enough of understanding and so taking care of themselves
Of course, students should learn about pandemics. Because everyone is an important part of self-care to prevent and control the disease.
Acredito que sim, pequenas ações como ensinar a lavar as mãos, cuidar da higiene pessoal e do ambiente, já fazem parte do Currículo da Educação Infantil do Município de São José dos Pinhais.
Google translates the reply above of Tatiana da Silva Bidinotto from Portuguese to English as:
I believe that yes, small actions like teaching how to wash hands, taking care of personal hygiene and the environment, are already part of the Curriculum for Early Childhood Education in the Municipality of São José dos Pinhais.
I believe so. This is should be part of the Disaster and Risk Management course that is taught to Senior high School students.
Should pandemic training be part of a school curriculum?
In my opinion, if it should be part of the school curriculum from primary and secondary school and of course in each grade, the pandemic should be developed from different perspectives, that is, from the point of view of health and prevention, and the economic and social impact.
Yes, pandemic training needs to be imparted in school. It will equip the children with knowledge and skills to be resilient and overcome the problems without much difficulty.
Pandemic should be part of curriculum. It should part of history of education since it destabilizes the system of education for in one way or another. In addition history repeats itself. This will help the education systems not to be taken an unawares when another pandemic sets in future.
the content of curriculum can be similar with the last curriculum, but the method to teach is changed, flexible and relevant with the pandemic
At some points in the Cold War, responding to nuclear war was taught. Maybe in some parts of the world floods, earthquakes etc. Today, pandemics. But there are more general issues that apply to all disasters. We should teach people how to learn new skills, how to work with others, how to build and maintain relationships under stress, how to get good sleep, how to take care of yourself and relax when things are hard. A lot of psychological skills.
In my opinion it could be part of the content units in the subjects "Biological Sciences and Health Education" where children receive and build concepts related to the structures, viral mechanisms and how the human body's immune system works. Also, general aspects related to pandemic disease prevention.
In my opinion, it should be approached from projects that can cover certain theoretical axes of the subjects of the curriculum, with the degree of difficulty appropriate to the ages of the children.
I have added a paper on RG, Preprint Should pandemics be on school curriculums?
At best this is a preliminary attempt to address this question.
Definitely.....pandemic training should form part of the Wellness/Health and Family Life curricular from early childhood to tertiary.
This is a good discussion Robert Shour , and I think it could be a cross-sectional approach, from epidemiological aspects such as hygiene measures for prevention in Sciences, but also historical and geographical aspects of the social and economic inequalities that aggravated the problems, or even in language about the information to different social segments and the impact of fake news on the pandemic. Anyway, potentially schools with teachers and students, but in order to reach other segments of society besides the school. I agree with the previous comments Rajlakshmi Kanjilal
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Definitely. Basic hygiene should be the first step. I don't think this is stressed enough. It is time as teachers (Especially science teachers and Life Orientation teachers) we contextualise our content so that learners can see how relevant what they are learning is; and how it can be helpful in situations such as this coronavirus pandemic.
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