Transformation of university teachers’ professional activity during the pandemic

Abstract

The transition of the educational system to a distance format due to the spread of COVID-19 has led to a transformation in the nature and content of professional activities of university teachers. A wide range of research methods, the results of sociological surveys and interviews, as well as an analysis of text arrays from Internet resources, are used to assess the socio-psychological consequences of remote employment. Drawing a conclusion on their remote employment, teachers note the acquisition of a unique experience consisting not only in the mastery of online educational technologies but also in the implementation of new models of professional interaction with students and colleagues. Teachers associate the perspectives for further transformation of their professional activity with the formation of new combined (multi-format) models of education. At the same time, there forms a system of negative expectations as teachers believe that the launched process of transformation of education will lead to stricter requirements for the teacher as the subjects of educational and labor relations, as well as to the destabilization of the situation in the professional labor market.
 

Transformation of Higher Education: Discussion of the Dimensions, Trends and Scenarios of Change in Ibero-America

“…References to the need to use flexible and motivating teaching strategies have been found [78], which help the social and emotional balance of students. All of this causes a transformation in the nature and content of the professional activities of university teachers, since many of them lack the necessary training in innovative, active, and flexible strategies or methodologies that are necessary to adapt to the new educational scenario [79][80][81].…”