Abstract

CASALI, Ana  and  TORRES, Diego. Impact of COVID-19 on Argentine university teachers: change of practices, difficulties and increased stress. Rev. iberoam. tecnol. educ. educ. tecnol. [online]. 2021, n.28, pp.423-431. ISSN 1851-0086.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound changes throughout society. Because of the isolation measures adopted, the entire educational system based mainly on the face-to-face modality, has been forced to continue the teaching and learning process virtually. However, most of the teachers were not prepared for this abrupt change. Many had to acquire knowledge about the use of technologies and pedagogical approaches to carry out their activities, with a further increase of their workload. In this pandemic situation, other tasks related to home care and care of dependents have also been added. In this context, this article shows the results of an investigation carried out with Argentine university professors, whose objective was to understand the stress factors related to the abrupt changes in their teaching practices as a result of the pandemic's conditions. The results we obtained show a significant increase in the perception of stress in the work conditions under pandemic and a high rate of difficulties in the use of technological tools and methodologies, to go from face-to-face to virtual classes, despite the fact that most of the people surveyed have computer skills.

Keywords : Higher education; COVID-19; Virtual learning; Stress.

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