Abstract
The COVID 19 pandemic challenges the economy as well as education. Teachers have to be creative and innovative in their strategies as they migrate from face-to-face to online. Practices need to be adaptive to a situation where the students become anxious and stressful because of the sudden shift. This study investigated practices in teaching online classes. Descriptive and inferential statistics like MANOVA, ANOVA and LSD Post Hoc Test were used to analyze the responses from 159 respondents. Results showed that teachers used emotionally-related teaching practices such as mindfulness of the learners’ feelings and responses, positive attitude towards the learners, availability of the teachers when students needed help, and provision of avenues for student consultation. These teaching practices significantly differ in terms of the school. Practices in the use of interactive tools, games, physical exercises at certain times during online learning, cracking jokes and using humor during online classes had also significantly vary for each school. Teaching practices during the pandemic times solely depend on the capability of the school, teachers’ knowledge on technology, and maturity and experiences of teachers. Keywords: Online Learning, Teaching Practices, Pandemic, Secondary Schools DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-36-03 Publication date: December 31 st 2021
Highlights
The COVID 19 pandemic challenges the economy but the education as well
Statement of the Problem This study looked into the teaching practices in online learning among the secondary school teachers during pandemic times
This study aimed to answer the following questions: 1) What are the demographic characteristics of the respondents? 2) What is the extent of teaching practices in online learning when grouped according to a) intellectually-related, b) physically-related, and c) emotionally-related practices? and 3) Do the teaching practices significantly differ according to each of the following a) school, b) age, c) teaching experience, and d) educational qualification?
Summary
The COVID 19 pandemic challenges the economy but the education as well. Teachers have to be creative and innovative in their strategies as they migrate from face-to-face to the online classroom. Teachers can help students cope with stress by being cool, establishing a regular routine, and discussing COVID-19 with them (CDC, 2020b). With these background, teachers have significant roles to play in this time of pandemic. One of its role is to think of strategies that will help the students minimize stress and anxiety inside and outside the virtual classrooms. It is imperative www.iiste.org to understand the practices of teachers in this part of the Philippines and how it varies given their sociodemographics.
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