Journal of Professional Capital and Community: Volume 5 Issue 3/4

Guest editorial

Humanizing practices in online learning communities during pandemics in the USA

In this reflective essay, the authors, four educators of color, explore the relevance of humanizing practices of community in teaching and learning, school leadership and the…

Education during the pandemic: the case of Kuwait

This paper analyses the Kuwaiti Ministry of Education's (MOE’s) response during the pandemic by exploring the situation of public schooling in Kuwait and the reasons behind the…

Building back better education systems: equity and COVID-19

The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential to use this challenging global context as an opportunity to build back…

Crisis and opportunity in teacher preparation in the pandemic: exploring the “adjacent possible”

This paper draws on Kauffman's theory of the “adjacent possible” to make sense of the practices which have emerged in response to school and university closures in Hong Kong and…

Building social capital for constructive adaptive capacity under social stress

This study examines how a school progressively built its social capital for agile adaptation to provide inclusive and effective fully online learning provisions through…

COVID-19 is killing education budgets: are educational public-private partnerships an answer?

Education budgets are being reduced by many governments, especially in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries, as finite resources are diverted toward the health crisis brought…

Teaching in the pandemic: reconceptualizing Chilean educators' professionalism now and for the future

This essay explores the effects of school buildings closure during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on Chilean teachers' and principals' professional role and…

The perils of notional membership during a pandemic

In this essay, the authors will describe several facets of their experience as women faculty of color in the academy during the pandemic, in order to explore how institutions…

Building blocks of instructor professional development for innovative ICT use during a pandemic

Innovative use of information and communications technology (ICT) requires (new) knowledge and skills for the group that has the biggest impact on the quality of education…

Pracademics in the pandemic: pedagogies and professionalism

This thinking piece examines, from the viewpoint of two Canadian pracademics in the pandemic, the role of pedagogy and professionalism in crisis teaching and learning. The purpose…

SPARK-ing innovation: a model for elementary classrooms as COVID-19 unfolds

The purpose of this paper is to describe SPARK, an innovative elementary school that highlights the possibilities for elementary education as COVID-19 continues to unfold.

COVID-19 – school leadership in crisis?

This article explores how school leaders are responding during COVID-19 and what forms of leadership practice are emerging.

Professional capital after the pandemic: revisiting and revising classic understandings of teachers' work

This article revisits three classic findings from Dan Lortie's 1975 book Schoolteacher, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and its possible aftermaths. These findings are…

Rethinking professional collaboration and agency in a post-pandemic era

This paper explores the role of professional collaboration and agency during the global COVID-19 pandemic and possible lessons for the future from the perspective of a teacher…

The Covid-19 pandemic and the dissolution of the university campus: implications for student support practice

This paper problematises student support in higher education during the Covid-19 crisis and proposes an original approach of social network analysis for developing effective…

Learning in the time of COVID-19: capitalizing on the opportunity presented by the pandemic

This paper addresses the current disruption in the educational status quo ante that has been caused by the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19. Its purpose is to suggest how practicing…

Will the pandemic change schools?

This essay offers a perspective for practitioners and decision-makers to look beyond short-term recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and consider longer-term consequences that it…

Principal professionalism in the time of COVID-19

In this paper, we describe the impact of COVID-19 on principals and their work. Drawing on prior research undertaken prior to the onset of the pandemic, we describe how principals…

Considerations for school leaders serving US immigrant communities in the global pandemic

In this commentary, the authors consider how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted immigrant education and professional communities in schools, discussing the implications of these…

Beyond COVID-19 supernova. Is another education coming?

This article explores social and educational responses to COVID-19 as seen through the lens of the Spanish education, in which professional capital and community is at the…

School leadership during a pandemic: navigating tensions

This paper explores, from the perspective of an Australian pracademic, how school leaders are leading during the global COVID-19 pandemic.