WHAT WOULD KORCZAK DO? R e f l e c t i o n s o n E d u c a t i o n , W e l l - b e i n g & C h i l d r e n ’ s R i g h t s i n t h e T i m e s o f t h e C O V I D - 1 9 P a n d e m i c KORCZAK DO? KORCZAK WHAT WOULD WOULD WHAT What would Korczak do? Reflections on Education, Well-being and Children’s Rights in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic • Edited by Anna Odrowąż-Coates • The Maria Grzegorzewska University • Warsaw 2020 What would Korczak do? Reflections on Education, Well-being and Children’s Rights in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic • Edited by Anna Odrowąż-Coates • The Maria Grzegorzewska University • Warsaw 2020 “Development and social adaptation of children andyouth” andsocial adaptationof “Development UNESCO/ Janusz Korczak Chair’s Book Series, Chair’sBook Series, UNESCO/ Janusz Korczak KORCZAK DO? KORCZAK WHAT WOULD WOULD WHAT EDITED BY ANNAEDITED BY ODROWĄŻ-COATES Warsaw 2020. 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Reflections on Education, Well-being and Children’s Rights in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic • Edited by Anna Odrowąż-Coates • The Maria Grzegorzewska University • Warsaw 2020 W 2020 arsaw • Funding information This publication is financed by the Maria Grzegorzewska University inW arsaw and is an Educational Resource for the UNESCO/Janusz Korczak Chair International Summer School organized under the Patronage of the Polish Commission for UNESCO* T he Maria Grzegorzewska University • Anna Odrowąż-Coates Scientific reviewers: Prof. Dr Aneta Ostaszewska, University of Warsaw, Poland E by dited • Prof. Dr Marthinus Stander Conradie, University of the Free State, Republic of South Africa Editor: Anna Odrowąż-Coates Publisher: Wydawnictwo Akademii Pedagogiki Specjalnej Copy rights reserved: Selection of editorial materials: Anna Odrowąż-Coates, Individual chapters: contributors CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 PL e-ISBN 978-83-66010-55-0 * The authors of individual contributions are responsible for the choice and presentation of information contained in this book as well as for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. 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ReflectionsEducation, Korczak on would What W 2020 arsaw • CONTENTS T he Maria Grzegorzewska University • Anna Odrowąż-Coates • A few Words of Introduction . 7 Urszula Markowska-Manista • Foreword . 13 Waliya Yohanna Joseph • Digital Activism & “Botification” of Janusz Korczak’s Concepts in “Twitterature” . 21 Asma Khalid • “Being centred on our own struggles, own troubles, we fail Anna Odrowąż-Coates to see the child, just as at one time we were unable to see the woman, the peasant, E the oppressed strata and oppressed peoples” . 41 by dited • Seran Demiral • Visible, more than Ever: Unequal Childhoods in Istanbul during COVID-19 ..................................................... 58 Cecilia Zsögön • Challenges of Teaching and Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic in a Latin American Country . 70 Sribas Goswami • The Lives of Children with Disabilities in India: A Glimpse into a Hidden World . 78 Megha Varier • In a World Afflicted by a Pandemic, Korczak’s Teachings Become Crucially Relevant . 97 Mark Juszczak • The Emergence of Unique Research Opportunities in Online Education Efficacy as a Result of COVID-19 . 103 Michalina Grzelka • Repatriation or Deportation? The Entanglement of Labor, Abuse and (In)Voluntary Returns of Female Filipino Domestic Workers in Kuwait Through the Lens of Janusz Korczak’s Radical Humanism . 2 11 Faith Ibarakumo Ken-Aminikpo • The Relevance of Janusz Korczak’s Pedagogy to Child’s Right to Education in Children’s Theatre Practice . 130 Yamila V. Rodríguez • A Suitable Amount of (De)Institutionalization: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic . 142 Contributors . 153 What would Korczak do? Reflections on Education, Well-being and Children’s Rights in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 Times of the in the Rights Children’s Well-being and do? ReflectionsEducation, Korczak on would What Warsaw 2020 Warsaw • The Maria Grzegorzewska University The • Warsaw 2017 Warsaw • Anna Odrowąż-Coates Wydawnictwo APS Wydawnictwo • Edited by by Edited • Urszula Markowska-Manista & Justyna Pilarska Urszula Markowska-Manista Edited by by Edited • An Introspective Approach to Women’s Intercultural Fieldwork Intercultural Women’s to Approach Introspective An What would Korczak do? Reflections on Education, Well-being and Children’s Rights in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 Times of the in the Rights Children’s Well-being and do? ReflectionsEducation, Korczak on would What W 2020 arsaw • AnnA OdrOwąż-Coates* A few Words T he Maria Grzegorzewska University • of Introduction Anna Odrowąż-Coates In 2004 the UNESCO/Janusz Korczak Chair in Social Pedagogy was established at the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw. Since 2006 E by dited • the UNESCO Chair has organized International Summer Schools aimed at researchers, academics and educators from all around the world. The themes of the summer schools change and evolve, but we always ensure that we draw from our university’s roots. The holding of yearly UNESCO Summer Schools has led to the development of a special publication series under the patronage of the Polish Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair. The series pertains to the issues of inclusion, human rights, child rights and childhood studies, and is financed by the Maria Grzegorzewska University. In the series we aim to promote contributions from the so-called Global South, as we feel it is underrepresented in global discourses. We also embrace the concept of global Englishes, promoting diversity and flexibility of the English language as a tool of communication for inclusive international dialog. 1 The current COVID-19 pandemic situation forced us to move the 13th International Summer School online, offering a virtual tour of Korczak’s phi- losophy of education and the virtual tour of Warsaw, the city of Korczak, in his footsteps. Studying Korczak in his own socio-cultural space, entrenched in historic and political context of his home city, is the only way to fully immerse in his thought and to gain a deep understanding of the heritage left for the future generations of children, their tutors, parents and researchers of child- * Chairholder, UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair in Social Pedagogy, The Maria Grzegorze- wska University, Warsaw, Poland, ORCID: 0000-0002-2112-8711, [email protected]; unesco- [email protected] What would Korczak do? Reflections on Education, Well-being and Children’s Rights in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 Times of the in the Rights Children’s Well-being and do? ReflectionsEducation, Korczak on would What Warsaw 2020 Warsaw • 8 AnnA OdrOwąż-COAtes hood. Communicating from the virtual city of Warsaw is an experimental form of maintaining the context and the circumstances that Korczak lived and worked in. Korczak is a prominent figure in children’s rights development and represents an important part of Eastern and Central European heritage. He was also an insightful observer and researcher of childhood and early childhood development (Odrowaz-Coates, Vucic 2017) and the universality of Korczak’s The Maria Grzegorzewska University The • ideas from over a century ago, continue to make his contribution to children’s Warsaw 2017 Warsaw • rights development relevant and inspiring. We want to reach out from the hub of his child-centric educational philosophy to other parts of the world, to find connections and commonalities for greater unity and cooperation in bringing children’s rights to the forefront of political discussions. Anna Odrowąż-Coates Wydawnictwo APS Wydawnictwo In the face of the pandemic, UNESCO (2020) has provided an immediate • response to the humanitarian crisis arising from the spread of the virus and has Edited by by Edited • provided solutions and resources for continuation of education, focusing on the issues of access and WHO (2020) provides guidelines and reliable health and safety information daily. Governments of the world have combatted the situation in many different ways, sometimes reaching a united front, some- times amplifying differences and the discourse of ‘otherness’. In this complex new reality, we wanted to hypothesise what Korczak would do and explore the situation for vulnerable groups around the world, in the context of inclusion and well-being. Urszula Markowska-Manista & Justyna Pilarska Urszula Markowska-Manista The last few months have brought enormous changes to the lives of many people in the world, including children and adolescents. In many cases, the Edited by by Edited situation of those already affected by conflicts, poverty, domestic violence, • illness and many forms of inequality, has worsened with new restrictions and imperfect solutions, created ad hoc due to the sudden nature of events. We observe spontaneous social forces emerging in order to support those most vulnerable. We see many positive formal and informal initiatives; solidarity is the key word for surviving this situation