Czech University Teachers’ Perspectives on the 2020 Pandemic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://library.iated.org/view/PAVLISOVA2021CZE" target="_blank" >https://library.iated.org/view/PAVLISOVA2021CZE</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2021.1439" target="_blank" >10.21125/iceri.2021.1439</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Czech University Teachers’ Perspectives on the 2020 Pandemic

Original language description

As a response to WHO’s declaration of a global pandemic in March 2020, the Czech Republic introduced social distancing and a lockdown, which seriously affected students, parents, and teachers. Although distance and blended learning are well established and commonly used in the Czech Republic, it can be assumed that the unexpected and abrupt transition online caught university teachers off guard and faced them with difficult challenges, but also opportunities for professional growth. We explored covid-provoked changes as perceived by university teachers who work at departments of education in the Czech Republic in one of the nine subject fields. The online questionnaire survey was conducted over April 2021, that is after one year of online teaching, which allowed respondents to reflect on the whole year and comment on their overall experience. Apart from a more general Preferences section, the questionnaire was comprised of 34 Likert-scale items that covered three key areas: Course, Lesson, and Support. Prior to interpreting the data, the reliability of the questionnaire was determined (r = 0.73), with none of its items fundamentally reducing its overall reliability. Using Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA and U test, responses of 370 teachers were analyzed with respect to their subject specification, university affiliation, sex, and years of teaching experience. Each area of interest showed 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

ICERI2021 Proceedings

ISBN

978-84-09-34549-6

ISSN

2340-1095

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

6339-6347

Publisher name

International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)

Place of publication

Madrid

Event location

Sevilla

Event date

Nov 8, 2021

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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