Perceptions about Teaching in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience of Secondary Education in Chile
Alejandro Almonacid-Fierro
,
Andrew Philominraj
,
Rodrigo Vargas-Vitoria
,
Manuel Almonacid- Fierro
The following article is a qualitative study that analyses the perception of parents and high school students regarding teaching in times of Coronavir.
- Pub. date: January 15, 2022
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The following article is a qualitative study that analyses the perception of parents and high school students regarding teaching in times of Coronavirus disease COVID-19, with the idea of recognizing the facilitators and barriers for the teaching-learning process in the pandemic. The above, in the understanding that due to the sudden appearance of SARS-CoV-2, educational systems around the world had to adapt to virtual teaching, as a result of the confinement to which the population has been subjected during the year 2020 and a good part of the year 2021. The research is based on the interpretative-comprehensive paradigm, with a qualitative methodology, which considered the realization of four focus groups with students and four focus groups with secondary school parents, from two public high schools located in the province of Talca, Maule region, Chile. The findings of the study are related to the adverse effects of the pandemic on student learning, as a result of connectivity difficulties, and the emotional impact on the quality of life of young people and their families. On the other hand, learning at home is related to limited pedagogical strategies and evaluative aspects that do not allow verifying the real learning of the students.
Keywords: COVID-19, online learning, secondary school students, learning challenges, qualitative study.
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