Holy Eucharist Campus
Year 9
As we prepare for our staggered return onsite it is easy to get overwrought by stories of the challenges of remote learning. Certainly, much of the media focus has been on the trials of home learning over the last eighteen months and the long term impacts the pandemic could play on mental health and social/emotional growth. While all that can not be dismissed, it has been pleasing to see recent academic reports focus on the potential positives to come out of this period.
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Harvard University’s ‘The Class of COVID-19’ paper focuses on the realignment towards student directed learning that these years have provided. Where students have previously been able to be passive observers in classrooms, remote learning has encouraged students to engage with the material to develop their own knowledge. Teaching has had to adapt to a ‘guide-on-the-side’ model, a collaborative support rather than the expert in the room. This shift is exciting and has the potential to inspire future learning models far beyond the pandemic years. It reinforces what we already know about the power of teaching and learning when we work alongside students to assist their own engagement. When combined with the important advances made in digital literacy, the educational landscape looks ripe for reinvention.
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We talk a lot of growth mindset at Holy Eucharist and the power of the mind. Reframing our thinking about what has been achieved in this period, rather than lost allows us to see the transformative possibilities that could emerge from this most challenging time.
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Year 9 Learning & Teaching Leader
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