Czech University Language Teachers' Perspectives on the 2020 Pandemic

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.europeanproceedings.com/article/10.15405/epiceepsy.21101.10" target="_blank" >https://www.europeanproceedings.com/article/10.15405/epiceepsy.21101.10</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epiceepsy.21101.10" target="_blank" >10.15405/epiceepsy.21101.10</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Czech University Language Teachers' Perspectives on the 2020 Pandemic

Original language description

Following the WHO’s declaration of a global pandemic in March 2020, the Czech Republic applied social distancing and a lockdown which has had a serious impact on students and educators alike. Although distance and blended learning are modes well established and commonly used in the country, it can be assumed that the hasty shift online caught university teachers off guard, confronting them with challenges but also opportunities for professional development. We investigated covid-related changes as perceived by university language teachers. The research sample consisted of 70 randomly chosen teachers who work at departments of education at 9 Czech universities and teach languages to future teachers of various specializations. The online questionnaire survey was conducted over March 2021, one year after the introduction of the country-wide safety measures, allowing thus respondents to reflect on the whole year and verbalize their overall experience. Apart from a more general Preferences section, the questionnaire comprised 34 Likert-scale items that covered three key areas: Course, Lesson, and Support. Prior to interpreting the data, the reliability of the research tool was determined (r = 0.73), with none of its items fundamentally reducing its overall reliability. Using Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA and U test, responses were analyzed with respect to university affiliation, sex, and years of teaching experience. Each area of interest brought statistically significant differences and similarities among groups of respondents. The findings complement a broader body of research that has been conducted across the globe to address the impacts of the pandemic on both teachers and learners.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Education and Educational Psychology (ICEEPSY 2021)

ISBN

978-1-80296-953-5

ISSN

2672-8141

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

107-119

Publisher name

European Publisher

Place of publication

Neuveden

Event location

Online Conference, SPAIN

Event date

Oct 6, 2021

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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