Challenge and barriers: Teacher reflection on teaching physical education and sports during Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic in some countries has been declared over. Learning activities began to be transferred face-to-face as before. However, online learning that lasted for almost 2 years certainly left unforgettable memories. During the pandemic, physical education (PE) teachers have become one of those who feel the heavy impact of teaching online. The objective of this study is to explore the online teaching experience of PE teachers. The variable on this research is the difficulties perceived by PE teachers while delivering lesson during pandemic. This research is qualitative research that uses a narrative analysis design. A total of 8 PE teachers from junior and senior high school is being involved in the study. We delivered semi-structured interviews to explore the experiences of teachers during online teaching in the pandemic era. The experience contained in this article is related to problems that are commonly encountered by teachers in Indonesia when implementing online learning. It is argued that most problem are coming from student's side. However, they admitted that teacher also set drawbacks on online learning through limitations on computing skill, poor learning design, and low adaptation on migrating the course from offline to online. This research has the potential to help identify crucial strategies for utilizing ICT and digital technologies in blended teaching settings.