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Multivariate statistical analysis of the work stress phenomenon in schoolteachers during the current pandemic context in Chile
Job stress in teachers has been a reality evidenced in qualitative terms in Chile. In fact, studies have shown that stress levels in the world population have increased due to health restrictions and the reformulation of the working day caused by COVID-19. Consequently, this research focuses on the perception of stress in school education teachers during the pandemic context in Santiago, Chile. Its objective is to analyze teacher stress using multivariate analysis techniques. The analysis of the ED-06 teacher stress survey sought to establish general trends and connections between different social phenomena related to the perception of stress in teachers. The results showed that a significant group of teachers expressed discomfort with their current work situation and felt overwhelmed by the excessive workload associated with the transition from classroom teaching to teleworking. The work overload affects the physical and mental functioning of the teachers, so it can be deduced that, as the days go by and with little improvement in the pandemic, greater mental exhaustion could appear. The study concluded that a significant sample of teachers reported that work overload and fatigue were related to a pre-pandemic tendency linked to the so-called \"historical debt\" and to the precarious work situation suffered by a segment of the national teaching profession. Thus, stress would not be a variable determined only by the pandemic but is a long-standing phenomenon. Keywords: educational work contexts, stress, teachers, pandemics, multivariate statistical analysis
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Critical Imaginaries and Reflections on Artificial Intelligence and Robots in Postdigital K-12 Education
It is commonly suggested that emerging technologies will revolutionize education. In this paper, two such emerging technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and educational robots (ER), are in focus. The aim of the paper is to explore how teachers, researchers and pedagogical developers critically imagine and reflect upon how AI and robots could be used in education. The empirical data were collected from discussion groups that were part of a symposium. For both AI and ERs, the need for more knowledge about these technologies, how they could preferably be used, and how the emergence of these technologies might affect the role of the teacher and the relationship between teachers and students, were outlined. Many participants saw more potential to use AI for individualization as compared with ERs. However, there were also more concerns, such as ethical issues and economic interests, when discussing AI. While the researchers/developers to a greater extent imagined ideal future technology-rich educational practices, the practitioners were more focused on imaginaries grounded in current practice.
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Nursing students’ experiences of a pedagogical transition from campus learning to distance learning using digital tools
Background
The use of distance education using digital tools in higher education has increased over the last decade, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aimed to describe and evaluate nursing students’ experiences of the pedagogical transition from traditional campus based learning to distance learning using digital tools.
Methods
The nursing course
Symptom and signs of illness
underwent a transition from campus based education to distance learning using digital tools because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This pedagogical transition in teaching was evaluated using both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Focus group interviews (
n
= 9) were analysed using qualitative content analysis to explore students’ experiences of the pedagogical transition and to construct a web-based questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised 14 items, including two open-ended questions. The questionnaire was delivered to all course participants and responses were obtained from 96 of 132 students (73%). Questionnaire data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and comments from the open-ended questions were used as quotes to highlight the quantitative data.
Results
The analysis of the focus group interviews extracted three main dimensions:
didactic aspects of digital teaching
,
study environment
, and
students’ own resources. Social interaction
was an overall theme included in all three dimensions. Data from the questionnaire showed that a majority of students preferred campus based education and experienced deterioration in all investigated dimensions after the pedagogical transition. However, approximately one-third of the students appeared to prefer distance learning using digital tools.
Conclusions
The main finding was that the pedagogical transition to distance education reduced the possibility for students’ social interactions in their learning process. This negatively affected several aspects of their experience of distance learning using digital tools, such as reduced motivation. However, the heterogeneity in the responses suggested that a blended learning approach may offer pedagogical benefits while maintaining an advantageous level of social interaction.
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The influence of sociocultural and structural contexts in academic change and development in higher education
Teaching quality improvements frequently focus upon the 'development' of individual academics in higher education. However, research also shows that the academics' context has considerable influence upon their practices. This study examines the working environments of teachers on an online pharmacy programme, investigating contextual conditions that facilitate or impede academic change and development. Interview data and institutional policy documents are examined within a Cultural-Historical Activity Theory framework. Distinct differences in the teachers' sociocultural context were identified as influencing change and development. Departmental teaching cultures and patterns of communication influenced practice both positively, by offering collegial support, and negatively by impeding change. The findings have significance for academic development strategies. They suggest that departmental-level support should include communicative pathways that promote reflection upon and development of conceptions of teaching and learning. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
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