Healthful Behaviour during the Pandemic: Physical Distancing

Abstract

The purpose of this naturalistic observation study was to observe, in a natural setting, the actions of shoppers at retail outlets. In doing so it was hoped that numerous behaviors could be observed that would indicate a level or extent of observance of physical distancing guidelines. It was found that the observed sample was often in compliance with physical distancing guidelines and avoiding contact with others while shopping in retail contexts. The wearing of masks was noted and the cleaning of hands upon entry and exiting was commonplace. Overall, the sample demonstrated an informed and obedient behavioural mode observing the advice from various levels of government.

Long Term Occasional Teaching and Mindfulness within the Pandemic

“…Skills like critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation should be integrated more explicitly into every child"s education in this nation (p. 42). Technology has buoyed a dramatic change in how societies have previously functioned (Ryan, 2020). Though there is a plethora of TFCS that are desired of candidates, and those skills may vary from job to job, there are a few which are applicable to several professions.…”

“…Creativity is a valued skill when it comes to the creation of jobs (something that will be pertinent as we approach 2030) since "many of the fastest growing jobs and emerging industries rely on workers" creativity capacity -the ability to think unconventionally, question the herd, imagine new scenarios, and produce astonishing work" (Kay & Greenhill, 2011, p. 46). Students should be willing to take risks in their education to explore new findings and potential opportunities as this may likely be a skill to be called upon in the future (Ryan, 2020).…”

“…Critical thinking means being able to decipher through information and decide whether it is relevant to what a student is doing, it"s credibility and a learner"s ability to evaluate it and relate it something else is a valued TFCS (Kay & Greenhill, 2011;Ryan, 2020). Accessing information and applying it to other contexts is a skill students should be learning and building upon.…”

“…Based on these statistics the term Pandemic has been applied globally for what has unfolded over the past few years. Looking back the World Health Organization (WHO), on December 31 st , 2019, reported that the ninth most populated city in China, Wuhan, consisting of 8.37 million people, claimed a dramatic surge in what was speculated to be pneumonia (Ryan, 2020;Textor, 2022). The WHO acted quickly to report the outbreak once China shared that they were struggling to contain the spread (WHO, 2020, para.…”

“…36). In a joint discussion between China and the WHO in late February 2020, they feared that the rest of the world would not be prepared for the steps that would need to be carried out in order to contain the spread of the virus (Ryan, 2020). Namely, they announced that physical distancing, face masks, and sanitization would be manditory.…”