Personal, Professional and Academic Life During the Pandemic: Challenges Coped by Students of Ppgenfis/ Federal University of Espirito Santo

Abstract

Our objective is to analyze the challenges coped by students in the personal, professional, and academic dimensions during the novel coronavirus pandemic. We realized a qualitative and exploratory research, in the first semester of 2020. The questionnaire was used as the means of data production and collection (we accepted responses for 11 days). 22 postgraduate students answered it at the beginning of the pandemic. The Discursive Textual Analysis was used as a means of data analysis. The adaptation to new types of work, the familiar and parental cares, and mental well-being affected by the pandemic were challenging to 18 students. These have been more significant to women. To the four other students, this is a favorable moment, because they have more time to do the academic work. We consider that the results can provide subsidies for establishing actions for personal and academic care, in addition to methodological decisions for emergency remote teaching.