The Factors Affecting School Teachers’ Well-being during Pandemic Era: A Scoping Review

Abstract

The new uncertain and vulnerable environment practically magnified fear and conflict relationship among people across the globe. With the rising cases of pandemic COVID-19, people's well-being is at stake, specifically teachers, who must accustom themselves to immediate education changes. As teachers being the common profession with a higher level of stress, the long run and significant effect of pandemic become the notable cause to teachers to experience deteriorated well-being. However, teachers are not only struggling due to the environment but the factors that contribute to affecting their well-being. Therefore, this scoping review aims to uncover the factors affecting teachers' well-being during pandemic and its impact on teachers' well-being. The scoping review followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRIMA-ScR) guidelines. From 588 articles, ten articles were finalised and included in the study. The findings reported that varied factors correlated with the teachers' well-being, and each factor could influence teachers' wellbeing either positively or negatively.