Chapter 22: Teaching Through Change: From Pandemic to Protest in International Schools

This piece discusses the changes that have occurred around the world and within schools as a result of a series of global pandemics. It compares the handling of teaching and learning within international schools in Asia and North America in response to pandemics from SARS to COVID-19. It is also an analysis of how other social and political issues influence learning during these times, especially as a call to justice. The chapter references both the Umbrella Movement and the Black Lives Matter movement within each country as they existed during the pandemic and I discuss my own personal experience and those experiences of my colleagues and the schools I have previously worked in.