{"id":59674,"date":"2021-10-08T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=59674"},"modified":"2021-10-08T04:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T08:00:10","slug":"teachers-say-working-with-students-kept-them-motivated-at-the-start-of-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/teachers-say-working-with-students-kept-them-motivated-at-the-start-of-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers say working with students kept them motivated at the start of the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOf all the things teachers do on the job, we found that teachers enjoy interacting with students the most \u2013 and that the positive feelings when working with students intensified once schools shifted to remote learning during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

This finding is\u00a0based on a study<\/a>\u00a0that enabled us to examine how teachers felt about various aspects of their job before the COVID-19 school closures in the spring of 2020 and during the period immediately afterward.<\/p>\n

Since our study began before the pandemic struck, we had no way of knowing our findings would ultimately provide a before-and-after snapshot of how teachers feel about their various job duties.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re a\u00a0team<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0researchers<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0expertise<\/a>\u00a0in the measurement of teachers\u2019 work. In the fall of 2019, we set out to conduct a long-term study of teachers\u2019 daily work experiences. We used a time sampling approach that enabled us to see how teachers felt emotionally about specific things they do throughout the day.<\/p>\n

Partway through our data collection window, schools closed due to COVID-19. Unsurprisingly, we found that teachers\u2019 overall emotional experiences were less positive in the period after the the pandemic hit than before.<\/p>\n

But then we took a closer look and began to examine teachers\u2019 emotions during specific types of professional activities, such as direct interactions with students, attending professional development, completing paperwork, planning and preparation and supervising students. That\u2019s when we discovered that teachers actually experienced more positive emotions while working with students after schools closed than before.<\/p>\n

Specifically, we found that teachers felt they were more attentive to their students \u2013 and more determined to meet their students\u2019 needs \u2013 in the weeks following COVID-19-related nationwide school shutdowns.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Our results show how teachers \u2013 at least in the early stages of the pandemic \u2013 stuck with their students despite sudden changes to their work, such as having to swiftly switch to remote instruction.<\/p>\n

Our results are a reminder of how teachers are often driven by what are referred to as the\u00a0\u201cpsychic rewards\u201d<\/a>\u00a0of teaching \u2013 the psychological benefits of making a difference in the lives of kids through direct interactions.<\/p>\n

As schools reopen, our research suggests that one way to keep teachers motivated and engaged is to ensure that they have time to build and maintain relationships with students. This is something we fear could become lost as school leaders are forced to focus on the health and safety aspects of operating schools as the pandemic continues.<\/p>\n

What still isn\u2019t known<\/strong><\/h4>\n

While our study shows that teachers initially prioritized and invested in their students during the pandemic, we don\u2019t know how long they were able to sustain this response. Other\u00a0studies<\/a>\u00a0have documented that, as the pandemic wore on, teachers across the country reported feeling demoralized and emotionally depleted. And we don\u2019t know if other things made a difference in teachers being able to maintain higher levels of positive emotions while teaching. For instance, what kind of difference did it make if school principals or district superintendents prioritized building relationship with students?<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For our team, a critical next step is uncovering how teachers have fared as the pandemic has persisted. In those initial months of the pandemic, teachers and leaders alike thought the conditions would be temporary \u2013 just a few weeks or months. But educators are now entering their third school year of teaching in a pandemic, and we still have much to learn about the daily effects on teachers of such a profound shift in their work, and more generally, their profession.<\/p>\n

Author Bios:<\/strong> Nathan D. Jones is Associate Professor of Special Education at Boston University and Kristabel Stark is Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Maryland<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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