Educational Upheavals Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Duoethnographic Lens of Asian Emerging Educators

• In Event: What "Unprecedented" Actually Looks Like: Teachers and Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This duoethnographic study using photography opens an artful lens through which educational changes, emerging and unfixed problems, and unexplored/unseen values and hopes, were examined. We explored how we, the three doctoral students in educational studies, have perceived the contemporary global education moves in a pandemic. The study gets duoethnography evolved out of its traditional approach into a trioethnographic research design by three duoethnographers with different gender identities, lived experiences, and educational standpoints. Following the sharing circles of Indigenous approach, we opened three circles for visual artwork sharing and reflections. We discussed educator positionality, social justice concerns, and mindfulness in higher education contexts impacted by a global crisis. Findings are our aesthetic experiences of educational shifts and changes during the epidemic.

Authors

• NGUYEN HOANG GIANG-LE, Brock University

• Vuong Hoang Tran, Thompson Rivers University

• Thuy Trang Le, Deakin University