Challenges experienced by teachers regarding access to digital instruments, resources, and competences in adapting the educational process to physical distancing measures at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania

Safta-Zecheria, Leyla; Ștefănigă, Sebastian-Aurelian; Negru, Ioana-Alexandra; Virag, Francisca-Hortensia

doi:10.35923/jes.2020.2.05

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“…This plausible explanation must be explored in future studies. One of the most reported challenges in teacher–student interaction was maintaining attention and motivation in remote teaching 57 . Furthermore, in the cynics and exhausted and cynics profiles, the third item from the cynicism subscale (“In spite of several efforts to develop the working habits of our teacher community they haven’t really changed.”) recorded higher scores than the other two items of the subscale.…”

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Personality and socio-demographic variables in teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent profile analysis

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Stănculescu

2022

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Although it is well-known that teaching is one of the most stressful jobs, teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been thoroughly investigated. The main aims of this study were to identify distinct teacher burnout profiles and examine their association with HEXACO personality factors and sociodemographic variables. Data were collected from 522 teachers (77% women; Mage = 37.45 years, SD = 9.28) in November 2021. Latent profile analysis (LPA) identified five latent profiles: “No burnout risk” (41.3%), “Low burnout risk” (21.9%), “Cynics” (7.7%), “Exhausted and cynics” (16.1%), and “High burnout risk” (13%). Our results showed a significant correlation between all six HEXACO personality traits and teacher burnout based on the variable-centered method, but the LPA highlighted that only the emotionality trait was antecedent of profile membership. In terms of sociodemographic variables, gender and rural/urban teaching environment did not have significant impact on teacher burnout profiles, but professional experience did. This study is the first to explore teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to dispositional traits based on the HEXACO model using a person-centered approach. Our results can inform specialists about the role of emotionality in the occurrence of teacher burnout and the greater vulnerability of experienced teachers in the context of remote learning. Tailored programs of intervention are necessary.

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Personality and socio-demographic variables in teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent profile analysis

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Stănculescu

2022

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“…However, in this context of benefits and challenges, teachers were forced to adapt in a very short time to online teaching. This process of adjustability has meant overcoming barriers, such as separation from their students [6], accessing technological and digital infrastructures, and rapidly developing the digital competences necessary for online teaching, as well as ensuring that pupils had access to online teaching and learning activities [7]. In addition, teachers were required to ensure good collaboration with parents and careful monitoring of children's/students' behavior to identify and combat possible effects determined by the changing learning methods and social realities [8].…”

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Adaptability to Online Teaching during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Multiple Mediation Analysis Based on Kolb’s Theory

Răducu

Stănculescu

2021

IJERPH

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The process of transferring to online teaching during the pandemic COVID-19 lockdown has been a core issue for teachers around the globe. The main aim of this paper was to investigate the direct and indirect effects of emotional intelligence (EI) and general self-efficacy on the adaptability to online teaching (AOT). A multiple-mediation model was proposed, including the mediating effect via the teacher’s Facilitator role and teacher’s concrete experience learning style (CE-LS), as defined in experiential learning theory (ELT). Methods: Data were collected from a sample of 330 preschool and primary school teachers (84 males, Mage = 38.3, SD = 9.14). Path analysis was performed based on maximum likelihood estimation with the resampling method. Results: The findings showed that the proposed model fit the data well. A serial mediation path between EI and AOT via the teacher’s Facilitator role and CE-LS was obtained. In addition, CE-LS mediated the relationship between general self-efficacy and AOT. Conclusion: To date, this is the first study to analyse the direct and indirect effects of dispositional traits, such as EI and general self-efficacy, on AOT in the framework of Kolb’s ELT. Our results highlight the mediating mechanisms of this relationship, that is, the teacher’s Facilitator role and CE-LS. The current research provides an empirical body based on which new instructional strategies will be developed to improve the quality of online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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“…The obligation to transfer teaching in the online environment, due to the pandemic context, has generated the responsibility to use its potential to adapt to new trends, requirements and new digital educational technologies of both teachers and students and indirectly, their parents [10], [11].…”

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Constatative Study on the Benefits of Physical Education Hours Held online for Gymnasium Cycle Students

BUDA¹,

Tohănean²

2021

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This paper refers to the highlighting of the beneficial aspects determined by the development of physical education and sports classes in the online version, aspect imposed by the Covid - 19 pandemic context. Although initially felt as a challenge, the development of online teaching has highlighted (through a pedagogical experiment and the use of a questionnaire) the fact that at the level of a gymnasium school class similar or even better results can be obtained. The overall conclusion was that the emphasis should be on focusing learning on the student and the appropriate use of media resources for ease of learning

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Challenges experienced by teachers regarding access to digital instruments, resources, and competences in adapting the educational process to physical distancing measures at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania

Cited by 13 publications

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Personality and socio-demographic variables in teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent profile analysis

Personality and socio-demographic variables in teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent profile analysis

Adaptability to Online Teaching during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Multiple Mediation Analysis Based on Kolb’s Theory

Constatative Study on the Benefits of Physical Education Hours Held online for Gymnasium Cycle Students

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