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Covid Impacts on Teachers
Covid Impacts on Teachers
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on education systems .
Teachers forced to introduce distance learning.
Teachers lack skills to ensure learning continuity.
Payment delays and layoffs were increasingly widespread.
Educators forced to seek alternative means of income in the short term.
Teachers are unable to support students enrolled in distant learning.
Due to lack of proper resources and material support.
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on education systems on a scale never seen before. Almost immediately after the outbreak broke out, teachers were forced to introduce distance learning modalities, often without proper supervision or resources (Manullang & Satria, 2020). Teachers all throughout the world lacked the necessary skills to ensure learning continuity and adapt to changing teaching approaches (Akour et al., 2020). Many educators lack fundamental technological skills, making it hard to keep up with professional development, let alone support high-quality distance learning. The COVID-19 quandary has highlighted the need for reform in teacher education at both the earliest stages and in-service level in order to adequately equip instructors with new teaching methods.
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on education systems on a scale never seen before. Almost immediately after the outbreak broke out, teachers were forced to introduce distance learning modalities, often without proper supervision or resources (Manullang & Satria, 2020). Teachers all throughout the world lacked the necessary skills to ensure learning continuity and adapt to changing teaching approaches (Akour et al., 2020). Many educators lack fundamental technological skills, making it hard to keep up with professional development, let alone support high-quality distance learning. The COVID-19 quandary has highlighted the need for reform in teacher education at both the earliest stages and in-service level in order to adequately equip instructors with new teaching methods.
According to recent research, an insignificant percentage of countries do not pay statutory teachers. Payment delays and layoffs, on the other hand, were increasingly widespread. Practice teachers on temporary contracts in the public sector were affected severely, and those paid by the hour were dismissed (Akour et al., 2020). Nonpayment of teacher salary not only affects individual and community well-being, but it also makes it difficult to provide high-quality education. Many educators may be forced to seek alternative means of income in the short term, rendering them unable to support students enrolled in distant learning.
According to recent research, an insignificant percentage of countries do not pay statutory teachers. Payment delays and layoffs, on the other hand, were increasingly widespread. Practice teachers on temporary contracts in the public sector were affected severely, and those paid by the hour were dismissed (Akour et al., 2020). Nonpayment of teacher salary not only affects individual and community well-being, but it also makes it difficult to provide high-quality education. Many educators may be forced to seek alternative means of income in the short term, rendering them unable to support students enrolled in distant learning.
The Covid-19 pandemic has robbed instructors of the qualities that distinguish them as educators. They did not sign up for hours of staring at screens and interacting with pupils' sounds and visuals (Aristovnik et al., 2020). The pressure of being on stage, the fear of being on a platform and giving knowledge, but not just knowledge, shapes a teacher's personality. Rigid discipline and gentle wonder combine to form a mold. The stage that had placed instructors on a pedestal has vanished into thin viral air, and the mold of discipline has shattered into a listless routine in pandemic-induced circumstances.
The Covid-19 pandemic has robbed instructors of the qualities that distinguish them as educators. They did not sign up for hours of staring at screens and interacting with pupils' sounds and visuals (Aristovnik et al., 2020). The pressure of being on stage, the fear of being on a platform and giving knowledge, but not just knowledge, shapes a teacher's personality. Rigid discipline and gentle wonder combine to form a mold. The stage that had placed instructors on a pedestal has vanished into thin viral air, and the mold of discipline has shattered into a listless routine in pandemic-induced circumstances.
To inspire, a teacher must be tall, and to correct and console; they must stoop. The new reality makes it impossible for the teacher to accomplish the two, both physically and symbolically. The chore of bringing thoughts to life with words, occasionally with the help of a chalkboard or by reading a page, has been reduced to screens casually talking with one other.
They often display indifference, inattention, and lethargy instead of communicating. As a result, dealing with the deception of appearance has been added to the list of issues that a teacher faces today. Some teachers enjoy the scientific approaches of analysis, while others prefer the synthesizing aspects of creative teaching
Regardless of personal preferences, they must be established as transformational instruments, first for teachers and later for students. It is conceivable that such tools will lose their crucial strength when transformation occurs behind a screen during the pandemic (Khalif et al., 2020). As a result, teachers must take precautions to prevent their approaches from being emasculated.
ICT TRAINING
ICT TRAINING
We must learn to be more accepting given the circumstances; however, we still require some assistance from designated authorities to incorporate thorough ICT training in the education curriculum. The government and all relevant parastatals should assist us with resources such as internet and affordable computers to easing us through the new norm.
In Conclusion..
In Conclusion..
When teachers take one step forward, society advances by a thousand. The time has come for educators to step into the world of exploration. We need to expand our reach in modern technological solutions and incorporate this knowledge into our experience since change is inevitable yet constant
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