Teachers in The New Normal: Challenges and Coping Mechanisms in Secondary Schools
Teachers in The New Normal: Challenges and Coping Mechanisms in Secondary Schools
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新常态下的教师:中学的挑战与应对机制
DOI:
10.22161/jhed.4.1.8
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发表时间:
2022
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Jupeth Toriano Pentang
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作者:
Aina Joyce D. Agayon;Angel Kem R. Agayon;Jupeth Toriano Pentang
Teachers encountered numerous challenges posed by the COVID-19 outbreak. Herewith, this study aimed to determine the challenges encountered by Filipino teachers in the new normal and their coping mechanisms. This study employed a qualitative inquiry to determine the challenges encountered and coping mechanisms employed by teachers amid modular instruction, involving 10 teachers from five secondary schools in the Philippines who participated voluntarily. Data were gathered through a written narrative from each participant and were analyzed thematically. Themed findings showed that these teachers are greatly challenged in terms of learning quality transfer, module distribution and retrieval, students’ difficulties in following instruction, power disruption, internet connection, and health risks posed by the pandemic. Nevertheless, these teachers dealt with these difficulties by employing their own coping techniques. Teaching can be challenging and frustrating, especially in these difficult times, but as these teachers demonstrated, everything is possible. Hence, educators must be ready for any situation that may arise. This situation is unlikely to get better anytime soon;instead, teachers will need to adjust to and accept this reality.