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.