Rethinking Education in the New Normal Post-COVID-19 Era: A Curriculum Studies Perspective

Michael B. Cahapay

doi:10.29333/aquademia/8315

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Michael B. Cahapay ¹ ^*

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¹ College of Education, Mindanao State University, Fatima, General Santos City, PHILIPPINES^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

All sectors worldwide, including education, have been devastated by the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic. As we approach the new normal in the post-COVID-19 era, there is a need to consider education anew in the light of emerging opportunities and challenges. Thus, this short article attempts to rethink education in the new normal post-COVID-19 era through the perspectives of curriculum studies. The implications of the continuing crisis to the four elements of curriculum - goal, content, approach, and evaluation - are discussed. Some emerging options may be cogently viewed within the perspectives of these elements. Aside from the lens curriculum studies, this paper suggests that other aspects of education should be explored further to better reconsider education in this new era in human history.

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education
new normal
COVID-19
curriculum studies

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AQUADEMIA, 2020, Volume 4, Issue 2, Article No: ep20018

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Cahapay, M. B. (2020). Rethinking Education in the New Normal Post-COVID-19 Era: A Curriculum Studies Perspective. Aquademia, 4(2), ep20018. https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/8315

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Cahapay MB. Rethinking Education in the New Normal Post-COVID-19 Era: A Curriculum Studies Perspective. AQUADEMIA. 2020;4(2):ep20018. https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/8315

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Cahapay MB. Rethinking Education in the New Normal Post-COVID-19 Era: A Curriculum Studies Perspective. AQUADEMIA. 2020;4(2), ep20018. https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/8315

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Cahapay, Michael B.. "Rethinking Education in the New Normal Post-COVID-19 Era: A Curriculum Studies Perspective". Aquademia 2020 4 no. 2 (2020): ep20018. https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/8315

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Cahapay, M. B. (2020). Rethinking Education in the New Normal Post-COVID-19 Era: A Curriculum Studies Perspective. Aquademia, 4(2), ep20018. https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/8315

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Cahapay, Michael B. "Rethinking Education in the New Normal Post-COVID-19 Era: A Curriculum Studies Perspective". Aquademia, vol. 4, no. 2, 2020, ep20018. https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/8315