The New Normal in Education: Teaching, Learning, and Leading - Paperback

by Mary Beth Klinger (Author), Teresa Coffman (Author)

This book explores teaching, learning, and leadership in higher education following the Covid-19 pandemic. It examines opportunities that currently exist within higher education as they relate to innovative teaching and learning strategies, from instructional modalities to new models of transformative learning to meet students "where they are" in terms of career development and lifelong learning. Emphasis is placed on educational leadership and management skills, faculty and teaching acumen, and students and their quest for knowledge and understanding as we navigate past a global health crisis towards a future of hope and solutions to some of today's most pressing issues using collaboration, community, and an inquiry-oriented approach. The current state of education is reimagined with emphasis on higher education as a learning organization. A sense of urgency in higher education is underscored to instill knowledge and competency, encourage innovation, and help the next generation of students flourish in an evolving and changing world with resilience, optimism, and creativity that will yield real solutions to some of the world's most prevalent and challenging issues.

Author Biography

Mary Beth Klinger is a Professor in the Business Department of the School of Professional and Technical Studies at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata, MD. She teaches courses in business, management, strategy, organizational behavior, leadership, small business, marketing, and social entrepreneurship. Her research is focused on organizational innovation and change, as well as community and connectedness. She is passionate about utilizing creative teaching methodologies in her classroom to transform the learning process.

Teresa Coffman is a Professor in the College of Education at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. She teaches graduate and undergraduate students in general education courses such as curriculum, instruction, and classroom management, to include theory, methods, culturally responsive teaching, and foundations. She is an expert in the integration of technology throughout the curriculum and has written extensively about inquiry. Her research interests include inquiry-oriented teaching and learning, global and community-based education with an equity-minded focus, and innovation in education.