EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGISTS IN EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Organizer: Section of University Teachers in Educational Psychology (SUNPO), Serbian Psychological Society
Moderators:
Olja Jovanović Milanović, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
Mirjana Beara, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
Panelists:
Danijela Petrović, Professor of Educational Psychology
Dobrinka Kuzmanović, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
Marina Nadejin Simić, School Associate, Excecutive Board Chair of Serbian Psychological Society
Tinde Kovač Cerović, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
Most governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing education systems worldwide to make a transition from the traditional face-to-face learning to remote learning in a very short time period. The changes in physical, social, psychological, emotional and cognitive context of teaching and learning altered professional and personal needs, roles, and practices of different educational stakeholders, including psychologists in education – associates/teachers from primary to university education.
The roundtable discussion will explore the challenges faced by educational stakeholders during the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of educational psychology and psychologists in education in responding to these challenges, as well as the ways of strengthening and supporting the community of psychologists during the COVID-19 crisis. This roundtable discussion will be an opportunity for psychologists to reflect on the experience of education during COVID-19, as well as to discuss the role of educational psychology and psychologists in education in the post-COVID era.
