Covid-19 and Pandemic Pedagogy in Zambia. Pedagogical Strategies in ten Districts of Zambia

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Pedagogy - The Teacher, Educational Leadership, , language: English, abstract: The study tries to find out what strategies teachers and schools were implementing to meet the challenges of the Corona Virus pandemic. The results would serve as a sharing point of pedagogy strategies for many educators who would love to see the continuity of the teaching and learning process in the face of a pandemic. Interviews, testimonies, observations and participant observations were employed to obtain the results for this study. The beginning of the year 2020 saw a lot of disruptions in many spheres such as the social, economic, religious and political spheres due to the global outbreak of the Corona Virus Disease. As such, teaching and learning in many education institutions was also disrupted. This paper presents pedagogical strategies employed by some teachers and schools in ten districts of Zambia to ensure continuity of teaching and learning amidst the pandemic. The districts included; Kabwe, Kapiri-Mposhi, Mpongwe, Mkushi, Kitwe, Kafue, Luanshya, Lusaka, Mazabuka and Monze.

Owen Mulima is a lecturer in Religious Studies Education (RSE) at Kwame Nkrumah University in Zambia, Southern Africa. He is a member of the Religious Education Consultative Group (RELCG) in Zambia. He is also an AuthorAid Mentor with Orcid, id: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2105-4038. Owen has taught a number of courses in Philosophy of Religion, Psychology of Religion. Teaching Methods and other Religious Studies courses. His research and publication interests include Information Communication Technology, Religion and Teaching Methods.