Dificuldades enfrentadas por professores durante a pandemia de COVID-19

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 and caused a series of damages to society not only in Brazil, but throughout the world. Its impacts were felt in several areas, including the economic, social and educational sectors. In order to understand how remote classes work and the difficulties faced by teachers, this study carried out a bibliographic review to group relevant works on the subject. The bibliographic survey was carried out using the PUBMED, SCIELO and Google Scholar platforms, with works published between 2020 and 2024. The search keywords were: “pandemic”; “remote teaching”; “Covid 19”; “social distancing” and “teaching practice”. As exclusion criteria, works that did not address the areas of activity of the graduate in biological sciences: elementary school 2 or high school were eliminated. In total, the search resulted in 1,170 results. The titles were read for preliminary selection, of which 150 were selected for reading the abstract, of which 15 works were selected for reading, including articles, monographs and other types of writings. Of these works, five were chosen for detailed analysis after the refinement process. Among the results obtained, three difficulties stood out: difficulties in adapting to the use of virtual technologies, work overload and difficulty in reconciling domestic and professional activities, indicating that the main difficulty for teachers was adapting to the reality imposed by the pandemic. It is clear that this historical period of pandemic will leave a legacy in teaching methodology, which will continue to influence beyond the pandemic period.