Teachers’ Perception of Emergency Remote Learning in Portugal During
Covid-19 Pandemic
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has highly impacted our society, particularly
educational professionals, on their daily routines and changing the way they
work. COVID-19 spread quickly, and we had to take urgent action on closing
schools so teachers would continue to teach their students and put stringent
measures such as national lockdowns and social distancing initiatives. The
present study aims to understand teachers' perceptions regarding the
operationalization of Emergency Remote Learning in Portuguese schools. The
study also seeks to measure differences in satisfaction level, attitudes, and
challenges across teaching methodology adopted by teachers. It will be used as
a quantitative study, using a survey as a technical procedure for data
collection to meet the proposed objectives. Data collection lasted two months,
implemented through the availability of the study online on social networks,
for teachers to respond voluntarily. Findings show that the COVID-19 pandemic
and social distancing requirement has presented undue challenges for all
education stakeholders, especially teachers. The teachers felt exhausted, but
they recognized that the Technology has made a significant contribution and
showed a willingness to learn more to integrate technologies into their practice
and recognize the importance of this being done effectively.