Preschool Environment: Teacher Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana

Obeng, Cecilia S.; Amissah-Essel, Salome; Jackson, Frederica; Obeng-Gyasi, Emmanuel

doi:10.3390/ijerph19127286

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“…Teachers continue to seek the best coping strategies for themselves and their students. According to the research by Obeng et al (2022) and Zyna Bartkowiak (2022), teachers experience stress and anxiety due to worries about the safety of their students against the dangers of COVID-19, thereby promoting children to engage in healthy practices. However, this research showed that the stress levels of teachers are concerning for their health as well as for the continuity of education.…”

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Stress and Coping Strategies of Madrasah’s Teachers on Applying Distance Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Muawanah,

Muzayanah,

G. R. Pandin

et al. 2023

QAJ

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of life, including face-to-face learning processes in madrasah to distance learning. These changes have caused psychological problems or stress among teachers. The study aims to describe the mental health issue during COVID-19 and how to overcome it. The study applied quantitative and qualitative approaches, with 1,520 teachers, consisting of 615 teachers from Islamic Schools (madrasah) in Bali and 905 in NTT. Findings indicate that the stress level experienced by madrasah teachers in the two provinces was in a low category at a score of 1.54, though both regions were at very different levels in terms of internet affordability, the highest cause of teacher stress was the concern for students’ ability to absorb the learning material; and 92.68% of teachers selected problem-focused coping mechanisms, particularly efforts to improve their skills in conducting distance learning. The findings from the study provide important input for teachers’s coping strategies for mental health issues of distance learning.

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Stress and Coping Strategies of Madrasah’s Teachers on Applying Distance Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Muawanah,

Muzayanah,

G. R. Pandin

et al. 2023

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Activities that early care educators are implementing in their childcare environments during the COVID-19 era

Obeng,

Obeng-Gyasi

2023

Front. Educ.

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BackgroundTeaching children about healthy lifestyles in early care settings can contribute to children’s optimal health during the COVID-19 era; this is because children are vulnerable to communicable diseases in such settings. This study aimed to discover the activities that early care educators are implementing in their childcare settings to assist children become healthy in the COVID- 19 era.MethodsAn open-ended survey was sent to early care providers through anonymous links. The requirement for participation was being an adult aged 18+ years and an educator in early care settings. Responses from 45 female educators (n = 45) were received, and those of three participants were excluded because of not responding to any of the main questions. A constant comparative approach was used to categorize and organize participants’ narratives into themes.ResultsThirty-four out of the 42 participants indicated that they did activities on hand washing and how to use hand sanitizer. Some participants indicated that hand washing increased in their childcare settings. Others did some of their instructional activities such as reading, painting, and eating snacks outside the classrooms. Participants indicated that they walked around their childcare with children several times for children to get fresh air outside. There were others who canceled extracurricular activities at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Others did not do any extra activities in their childcare settings during the COVID-19 era.ConclusionThis study revealed teaching and related activities undertaken by the studied early care educators during COVID-19. It is recommended that higher education professors who train early care educators’ work with them to come up with health education activities that can help children obtain much-needed health knowledge and skills to ensure children’s optimal health during the COVID-19 era.

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Researching Teacher Work Motivation in Ghana through the Lens of COVID-19

Adarkwah

2023

COVID

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Teachers, particularly in developing contexts, were vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. As natural parental figures for students, they had to reconcile the dual role of ensuring the safety and health of students and their own and their family’s well-being. The external crisis of COVID-19 heightened the negative experiences of teachers in their work environments during both online and physical instruction. This qualitative phenomenological study involving thirty (30) secondary school teachers in Ghana took a comprehensive and fresh look at how COVID-19 impacted the work motivation of teachers. It was found that teachers suffered a great deal of stress in the wake of the pandemic and had to face mounting concerns about their working conditions. The low morale of teachers precipitated by COVID-19 made them develop attrition intentions. However, intrinsic and altruistic traits such as passion, the feeling of responsibility, and the desire to contribute to society and foster student development made teachers resilient towards the deleterious effects of the pandemic to promote optimal teaching. Future studies should investigate the installation of support structures that strengthen the motivation of teachers in unforeseen crises.

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Preschool Environment: Teacher Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana

Cited by 3 publications

References 30 publications

Stress and Coping Strategies of Madrasah’s Teachers on Applying Distance Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Stress and Coping Strategies of Madrasah’s Teachers on Applying Distance Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Activities that early care educators are implementing in their childcare environments during the COVID-19 era

Researching Teacher Work Motivation in Ghana through the Lens of COVID-19

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