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Book SynopsisToday’s world is fraught with perils and pandemics. Education offers structure, stability, and hope for the future, supporting conflict resolution, peacebuilding efforts, and scientific research that can help prevent and mitigate both natural and manmade disasters. With these values in mind, how can universities apply their experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic to other emergency situations? How can they ensure accessibility to education under any circumstances without compromising on quality?
With diverse contributions from Afghanistan, Turkey, Lebanon, Pakistan, Kenya, India, Saudi Arabia, and Bangladesh, Higher Education in Emergencies: International Case Studies challenges educators to design curriculums that focus on resilience and equip staff with the capability to navigate future scenarios, and students with the skills they need to someday solve them. Avoiding prescriptive standards and advocating for programmes that address the needs of individual campuses, chapters feature evidence-rich case studies that identify both the gaps in addressing vulnerabilities as well as exemplary responses that have led the way in promoting institutional adaptability.
Championing a variety of the lessons taken from across the globe, Higher Education in Emergencies: International Case Studies provides a critical toolkit for preparing universities for the next pandemic, earthquake, or civil conflict.
Table of ContentsPART I: PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES – HIGHER EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES
Introduction to Higher Education in Emergencies: International Case Studies; Enakshi Sengupta
Chapter 1. Rectifying the Deterioration of EFL Tertiary Students’ Speaking Skills in Emergency Times; Farah Sabbah
Chapter 2. Education in Emergencies and Changing Landscape of Higher Education in Bangladesh: Cultural Transformation for Policy and Practice; M. Mahruf C. Shohel, Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Arif Mahmud, Farhan Azim, and Md Shahadat Hossain Khan
Chapter 3. Differences in the Digital Divide, Educational Level and Gender in Turkey During the Covid – 19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Turkish Tertiary -Level Sophomre and Junior Students Views on Online Learning; Serpil Meri-Yilan
Chapter 4. Crossword Puzzle Games, Short Stories, and Mind Maps. Assignments as Innovative Online Teaching Methods: Three Promising Applied Experiences During the Covid – 19 Pandemic; Shimaa Mohammad Yousof
PART II: EXPECTATIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES
Chapter 5. Students’ Perceptions, Attitudes and Experiences of Higher Education in Emergencies across Developing Countries Amid Covid- 19; Ahmad Samarji, Enakshi Sengupta, Sarwat Nauman, and Farah Sabbah
Chapter 6. Lebanese Instructors’ Satisfaction with Online Teaching and Learning Amid Covid - 19; Ahmad Samarji and Reem Ghaddar
Chapter 7. Perceptions of Faculty Officials on Online Learning in Kenyan Institutions of Higher Education During the Covid – 19 Pandemic: A Rapid Qualitative Study; Stephen Okumu Ombere and Agnetta Adiedo Nyabundi
