Archives
Current issue
About
About us
Aims and Scope
Abstracting and Indexing
Editorial Office
Open Access Policy
Publication Ethics
Journal History
Publisher
Follow us: Twitter
Contact
For Authors
Editorial Policy
Peer Review Policy
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
Copyright & Licencing
Publication Fees
Fee Waiver Policy for Doctoral Students
EJMSTE Language Editing Service
More
Statistics
Special Issues
Special Issue Announcements
Published Special Issues
RESEARCH PAPER
Teaching in the Era of COVID-19: From Narratives of a 25 Years of Experienced In-Service Korean Elementary School Teacher
1
Department of Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju, SOUTH KOREA
2
Department of Education, Gongju National University of Education, Gongju, SOUTH KOREA
Publication date: 2021-11-03
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2021;17(12):em2038
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
This study will examine a teacher’s educational belief change in the situation of COVID-19. The
participant of this study is a Korean teacher who hold 25 years of teaching experience. For the
data collection, 5 times of interviews, 1 diary entry, 1 letter to her students were collected. In
addition to this, researchers observed the participant’s daily routine in the online teaching context,
more than 4 times. With these data, the teacher’s narrative has been studied. The Korean teacher
experienced many difficulties. Though she was veteran teacher, it was something difficult to cope
with. However, she tried to find the best for her students. There were colleagues and teacher
communities, and she interacted with them. Her journey in the COVID-19 situation represented
that there were no changes in her teacher belief. Preferably, it was the chance to achieve teacher
agency and reconstructing and firming her teacher beliefs.
REFERENCES (43)
1.
Adams, P. (2006). Exploring social constructivism: theories and practicalities. Education, 34(3), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/030042....
2.
Amineh, R. J., & Asl, H. D. (2015). Review of constructivism and social constructivism. Journal of social Sciences, Literature and Languages, 1(1), 9-16. https://www.academia.edu/31113....
3.
Bae, S. Y. (1990). Student teachers’ thought processes: The evaluation of two student teachers’ professional beliefs during their student teaching period (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Illinois.
4.
Bandura, A. (2005). Guide for constructing self-efficacy scales. In F. Pajares, & T. Urdan (Eds.), Self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents (Chapter 14, pp. 307-337). IAP Information Age Publishing.
5.
Biesta, G., Priestley, M., & Robinson, S. (2015). The role of beliefs in teacher agency. Teachers and Teaching, 21(6), 624-640. https://doi.org/10.1080/135406....
6.
Bonner, S. M., Diehl, K., & Trachtman, R. (2019). Teacher belief and agency development in bringing change to scale. Journal of Educational Change, 21, 368-384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833....
7.
Brooks, J. G., & Brooks, M. G. (1999). In search for understanding: The case for constructivist classroom. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
9.
Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass.
10.
Connelly, F. M., & Clandinin, D. J. (1988). Teachers as curriculum planners: Narratives of experience. Teachers College Press.
11.
Connelly, F. M., & Clandinin, D. J. (1990). Stories of experience and narrative inquiry. Educational Researcher, 19(5), 2-14. https://doi.org/10.3102/001318....
12.
Couch, J. D., & Towne, J. (2018). Rewiring education; How technology can unlock every student’s potential. BenBella Books.
13.
Downey, C. A., & Clandinin, D. J. (2010). Narrative inquiry as reflective practice: Tensions and possibilities. In N. Lyons (Ed.), Handbook of reflection and reflective inquiry (pp. 383-397). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-....
14.
Duffy, T. M., & Jonassen, D. H. (1992). Constructivism: New implications for instructional technology. In T. M. Duffy, & D. H. Jonassen (Eds.), Constructivism and the technology of instruction: A conversation (pp. 1-16). Lawrence Erlbaum.
15.
Ehren, M.C.M., Madris, R., Romiti, S., Armstrong, P.W., Fisher, P., & McWhorter, D. L. (2021). Teaching in the COVID-19 era: Understanding the opportunities and barriers for teacher agency. Perspectives in Education, 39(1), 61-76. https://doi.org/10.18820/25195....
16.
Elbaz, F. (1981). The teacher’s ‘practical knowledge’: Report of a case study. Curriculum Inquiry, 11(1), 43-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/036267....
17.
KEDI (2020). Current status of education response by country related to COVID-19. https://www.kedi.re.kr/khome/m....
18.
Kerlinger, F. N., & Kaya, E. (1959). The construction and factor analytic validation of scales to measure attitudes toward education. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 19(1), 13–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/001316....
19.
KICE (2020). Examples of overseas COVID-19 response school education countermeasures. https://www.kice.re.kr/boardCn....
20.
Kim, S., Yang, I., & Lim, S. (2020). A study on status and perception of class operation by elementary school science specialized teachers in COVID-19 situation. Journal of Korean Society of Earth Science Education, 13(3), 317-329. https://doi.org/10.15523/JKSES....
21.
Kramp, M. K. (2004). Exploring life and experience through narrative inquiry. In K. deMarrais, & S. D. Lapan (Eds.), Foundations for research: Methods of inquiry in education and the social sciences (pp. 103-121). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
22.
Lee, C. S. (2020). An alternative approach to the teacher learning community to achieve the teacher agency. The Journal of Korean Teacher Education, 37(3), 1-26. [In Korean]. https://doi.org/10.24211/tjkte....
23.
Lee, H. K., & Kim, H. B. (2021). Exploring science teacher agency as agent of change: The case of distance learning practice due to COVID-19. Journal of the Korean Association for Science Education, 41(3), 237-250. [In Korean]. https://doi.org/10.14697/jkase....
24.
Lim, S., Yang, I., & Kim, S. (2021). A survey on the perception of elementary school field education in the context of COVID-19 based on the teaching. Journal of Learner-Centered Curriculum and Instruction, 21(2), 371-400. https://doi.org/10.22251/jlcci....
25.
Mäkelä, T., Mehtälä, S., Clements, K., & Seppä, J. (2020). Schools went online over one weekend: Opportunities and challenges for online education related to the COVID-19 crisis. In Proceedings of EdMedia+Innovate Learning 2020 (pp. 77-85). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://converis.jyu.fi/conver....
26.
McQuirter, R. (2020). Lessons on change: Shifting to online learning during COVID-19. A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 29(2), 47-45. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1267....
27.
Mulenga, E. M., & Marbán, J. M. (2020). Prospective teachers’ online learning Mathematics activities in the age of COVID-19: A cluster analysis approach. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(9), em1872. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmst....
28.
Niederhauser, S. D., Salem, J. D., & Fields, M. (1999). Exploring teaching, learning, and instructional reform in an introductory technology course. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 7(2), 153-172. https://www.learntechlib.org/p....
29.
Pajares, M. F. (1992). Teachers’ beliefs and educational research: Cleaning up a messy construct. Review of Educational Research, 62(3), 307-332. https://doi.org/10.3102/003465....
30.
Park, M. (2006). A theoretical investigation on the concept of narrative: Storytelling, meaning-making, and communication. Asian Journal of Education, 7(4), 27-47. http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal....
31.
Polkinghorne. D. E. (1988). Narrative knowing and the human sciences. SUNY Press.
32.
Prawat, R. (1992). Teachers’ beliefs about teaching and learning: A constructivist perspective. American Journal of Education, 100, 354-395. https://doi.org/10.1086/444021.
33.
Priestley, M., Biesta, G., & Robinson, S. (2015). Teacher agency: An ecological approach. Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.4324/978131....
34.
Ricoeur, P. (1991). What is a text? In M. J. Valdes (Ed.), A Ricoeur reader: Reflection and imagination. University of Toronto Press.
35.
Sang, G., Valcke, M., Tondeur, J., Zhu, C., & Braak, J. V. (2021). Exploring the educational beliefs of primary education student teachers in the Chinese context. Asia Pacific Education Review, 13, 417-425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564....
36.
Sintema, E. J. (2020). Effect of COVID-19 on the performance of grade 12 students: Implications for STEM education. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(7), em1851. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmst....
37.
So, K. H., & Choi, Y. R. (2018). Understanding teachers’ practices in the context of school-based educational reform: Focusing on the concept of ‘teacher agency. The Journal of Curriculum studies, 36(1), 91-112. [In Korean]. https://doi.org/10.15708/KSCS.....
38.
Stofflett, R. T., & Stoddart, T. (1994). The ability to understand and use conceptual change pedagogy as a function of prior content learning experience. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 31(1), 31-51. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.36....
39.
Teng, M. F., & Wu, J. G. (2021). Tea or tears: online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Education for Teaching, 47(2), 290-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/026074....
40.
Tondeur, J., Hermans, R., van Braak, J., & Valcke, M. (2008). Exploring the link between teachers’ educational beliefs profiles and different types of computer use in the classroom: The impact of teacher beliefs. Computers in Human Behavior, 24(6), 2541-2553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.....
41.
Webster, L., & Mertova, P. (2007). Using narrative inquiry as a research method: An introduction to using critical event narrative analysis in research on learning and teaching. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/978020....
42.
Woolley, S. L., Benjamin, W.-J. J., & Woolley, A. W. (2004). Construct validity of a self-report measure of teacher beliefs related to constructivist and traditional approaches to teaching and learning. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64(2), 319-331. https://doi.org/10.1177/001316....
43.
Xun, Y., Zhu, G., & Rice, M. (2021). How do beginning teachers achieve their professional agency and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic? A socio-ecological approach. Journal of Education for Teaching, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/026074....
Share
RELATED ARTICLE
| eISSN: | 1305-8223 |
| ISSN: | 1305-8215 |
We process personal data collected when visiting the website. The function of obtaining information about users and their behavior is carried out by voluntarily entered information in forms and saving cookies in end devices. Data, including cookies, are used to provide services, improve the user experience and to analyze the traffic in accordance with the Privacy policy. Data are also collected and processed by Google Analytics tool (more).
You can change cookies settings in your browser. Restricted use of cookies in the browser configuration may affect some functionalities of the website.
You can change cookies settings in your browser. Restricted use of cookies in the browser configuration may affect some functionalities of the website.
