Emotions of Educators Conducting Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID-19 Confinement

Eneko Tejada Garitano (), Javier Portillo Berasaluce, Arantzazu López de la Serna and Ander Arce Alonso ()
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Eneko Tejada Garitano: Department of Didactic and School Organisation, Bilbao Faculty of Education, University of the Basque Country, Sarriena S/N, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Javier Portillo Berasaluce: Department of Didactic and School Organisation, Bilbao Faculty of Education, University of the Basque Country, Sarriena S/N, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Arantzazu López de la Serna: Department of Didactic and School Organisation, Bilbao Faculty of Education, University of the Basque Country, Sarriena S/N, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Ander Arce Alonso: Department of Didactic and School Organisation, Bilbao Faculty of Education, University of the Basque Country, Sarriena S/N, 48940 Leioa, Spain

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: The home confinement of the population in Spain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted face-to-face teaching and led teachers of all educational levels to perform their activities remotely. This represented a radical change in daily tasks. The goal of this study is to analyse and understand the emotions teachers experienced while performing Emergency Remote Teaching during home confinement. We performed a descriptive quantitative analysis and a comparison of the means (ANOVA) related to the independent sociodemographic variables (age, gender, and educational stage). The study sample consisted of 4589 teachers from the Basque Country, and represents the largest study with these characteristics conducted in Spain. The results obtained in the research show that, despite suffering great stress, teachers also felt pride in the work they had done. The study concludes that the teachers in the group who suffered the most negative feelings were women, primary school teachers, and middle-aged educators.

Keywords: emotions; emergency remote teaching; teachers; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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