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Will 2020 be remembered as the year in which education was changed?

2020; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 52; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s11858-020-01185-3

1863-9704

Johann Engelbrecht, Marcelo C. Borba, Salvador Llinares, Gabriele Kaiser,

Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences

The parable of the man and the dog (adapted from Other Old Stories) Once upon a time there was a man who studied at a university how to teach dogs to bark.After completing his degree he could not get employment, so he continued with his studies and completed a PhD in his field, and was appointed at his university to train students to teach dogs how to bark.Not many students studied with him.Then a terrible virus, affecting dogs and causing them to lose their ability to bark, hit the world and caused a worldwide pandemic.Not everybody was equally unhappy-after all, barking dogs can be rather noisy.Rumours, that this virus could be man-made, were heard.The virus spread exponentially and soon few dogs remained that could bark.And the world was quite quiet. Suddenly his discipline was very popular and all over the world new experts started writing important articles and books and blogs on how dogs should be taught how to bark. International companies launched big money-making projects and many teachers and scholars boarded the band-wagon.Unfortunately not all attempts were successful-teaching a dog how to bark does not always imply that the dog will learn how to bark.But some were.And the man had a small smile.And more students.And, although somewhat differently, they could live happily ever after.In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.In response to COVID-19, many countries have applied strict social distancing measures and a lockdown policy.The pandemic has had a serious impact on schools, students and teachers.Students and teachers have not been allowed to visit schools and universities physically and most institutions have transformed to an online teaching and learning approach.After being faced with the reality of COVID-19, following measures introduced by governments all over the world, and the various arrangements made by schools and universities in compliance with these measures, students and teachers have had to make drastic changes to the traditional teaching and learning approach, working and learning from home.The world of teaching and learning has changed dramatically and we find ourselves relying on technology to conduct lectures and other teaching