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Cultivating compassion in higher education : International autoethnographic approach to online teaching during COVID-19 (2023)

Harju-Luukkainen, H., Kangas, J., Smith, D., Beaton, M. C., Jannok Nutti, Y., & Äärelä-Vihriälä, R. (2023). Cultivating compassion in higher education : International autoethnographic approach to online teaching during COVID-19. In N. Lemon, H. Harju-Luukkainen, & S. Garvis (Eds.), Practising Compassion in Higher Education : Caring for Self and Others Through Challenging Times (pp. 53-66). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003315797-6

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi; Kangas, Jonna; Smith, David; Beaton, Mhairi C.; Jannok Nutti, Ylva; Äärelä-Vihriälä, Rauni

Parent publication: Practising Compassion in Higher Education : Caring for Self and Others Through Challenging Times

Parent publication editors: Lemon, Narelle; Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi; Garvis, Susanna

ISBN: 978-1-032-32599-6

eISBN: 978-1-003-31579-7

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 27/02/2023

Pages range: 53-66

Number of pages in the book: 180

Publisher: Routledge

Place of Publication: Abingdon

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003315797-6

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

The responses to COVID-19 have been different across the countries in the world, but nevertheless the pandemic has resulted in a state of emergency in all of them. It can be stated that COVID-19 has disrupted the “normal” routines of societies. In this chapter we present experiences of when we as academics tried to cultivate compassion amongst our students while teaching in higher education during a crisis. The textual and visual data of this study, our narratives, and images come from four different countries, from four different higher-educational contexts. These personal experiences and the differences in them are described and systematically analysed to understand them. According to our results, students were supported in multiple ways on three different levels in the academic context (administrational, operational, and individual). As a conclusion, we highlight four practical outcomes for future work with students during crisis.

Keywords: institutions of higher education; higher education (teaching); teaching profession; online teaching; mental well-being; empathy; self-acceptance; unusual conditions; COVID-19; autoethnography

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2023

Preliminary JUFO rating: 3