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The COVID-19 pandemic turned the year 2020 into a virtual one. With social distancing the priority, socialisation during this year shifted primarily to online platforms. Self-presentation, a meaning-making process in social interaction also changed in many ways. Previous findings have established how online interaction changes the way we present ourselves. In the context of the year that was largely experienced online for most, much is to be known about how self-presentation happened.
Creativity is a coveted skill set, yet no one appears to understand it fully. For some, it seems to come as easy as breathing, while others find themselves yearning for it endlessly. Over the last few decades, research on creativity and intelligence has debunked much of what we believe and made these skills a lot more approachable. We learned that one can cultivate creativity like any other skill through practice, patience, and perseverance.
In the era of open and easy access to technology and the internet, what still remains a largely human task is to foster a sense of emotional awareness and pro-social behavior in students. Social and emotional learning in classrooms is an imperative key to unlock the holistic development of students as well as teachers within the education system.
