In just a few short months, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought global health to the forefront of education in nearly every classroom, regardless of discipline or area of study. Educators across Harvard are making every effort to adjust their curriculum and courses to reflect these unprecedented times, and to support their students through the process. The Harvard Gazette recently interviewed GHELI’s Faculty Director, Professor Sue J. Goldie, to discuss the ways she has shifted her flagship General Education course, World Health: Challenges and Opportunities, to demonstrate how educators can integrate and contextualize such an urgent global crisis into their learning goals. According to Professor Goldie, the most effective learning environment is one which leverages complex issues at the forefront of global health and allows students to personally connect their learning experience to their community. Read more about Professor Goldie's work and GHELI’s support for these pedagogical developments via the Harvard Gazette.
Professor Goldie was also recently invited to appear as a panelist as part of Harvard Visitas, the university’s incoming student event series, to discuss the ways the course has been adapted to best support and amplify student learning through the transition to remote learning. The panel, “COVID-19: Harvard College Courses Addressing Urgent Problems and Reaching Beyond the Classroom” included professors from other health-focused courses in the General Education program and was led by fellow GHELI Faculty-in-Residence, Professor David Cutler. Watch the full YouTube panel discussion.
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