Teachers' perceived competence in meeting students' emotional needs during COVID-19

Pečjak, Sonja (author), Pirc, Tina (author)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students and teachers found themselves in an unprecedented situation where they faced both academic and psychosocial problems. In our study, we focused on some teacher characteristics that predict their perceived competence in meeting students' emotional needs during distance learning (PSCEN-DL) and thus contribute to students' well-being. In a sample of 645 Slovenian compulsory basic education teachers, the results of the regression analysis showed that teachers' resilience and their beliefs about the importance of focusing on psychosocial relationships when returning to school explained one-fourth of the variance in their PCSEN-DL. Results from a subsample of class teachers (n = 375) who were categorised into two extreme groups (low and high) in terms of their PCSEN-DL showed that teachers with high PCSEN-DL focused more on supporting, encouraging and relaxing students. Some practical implications about the importance of developing PCSEN in teachers are discussed.

• Language: English
• Keywords: COVID-19, distance education, distance learning, teachers, primary school students, well being, students' psychosocial well-being, resilience (psychological), support, Connor-Davidson resilience scale CD-RISC-10, Interpersonal relational index IRI, empathy
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication date: 01.01.2022
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 299-316
• Numbering: Vol. 31, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-138544
• UDC: 37.018.43:616-036.22
• ISSN on article: 1332-0742
• DOI: 10.31820/pt.31.2.5
• COBISS.SI-ID: 116531203
• Publication date in RUL: 27.07.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Psihologijske teme
• Shortened title: Psihol. teme
• Publisher: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta, Odsjek za psihologiju
• ISSN: 1332-0742
• COBISS.SI-ID: 45259777

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.
• Licensing start date: 19.07.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Zbog pandemije uzorkovane bolešću COVID-19 učenici i nastavnici našli su se u izvanrednoj situaciji u kojoj su se suočili i s akademskim i sa psihosocijalnim problemima. U našemu smo se istraživanju usredotočili na neke karakteristike nastavnika koje predviđaju njihovu percipiranu kompetenciju u zadovoljavanju emocionalnih potreba učenika tijekom učenja na daljinu (PSCENDL) i tako doprinose dobrobiti učenika. Na uzorku od 645 slovenskih učitelja obveznoga osnovnog obrazovanja rezultati regresijske analize pokazali su da otpornost učitelja i njihova uvjerenja o važnosti fokusiranja na psihosocijalne odnose prilikom povratka u školu objašnjavaju jednu četvrtinu varijance PCSEN-DL-a. Rezultati poduzorka učitelja razredne nastave (n = 375) koji su bili kategorizirani u dvije ekstremne skupine (nizak i visok PCSEN-DL) pokazali su da su se učitelji s visokim PCSEN-DL-om više usredotočili na podršku, poticanje i opuštanje učenika. U radu se raspravlja i o praktičnim implikacijama važnosti razvoja PCSEN-a kod učitelja.

• Keywords: COVID-19, pouk na daljavo, učitelji, osnovnošolci, blagostanje, osebnostna prožnost, podpora, Connor-Davidsonova lestvica osebnostne prožnosti CD-RISC-10, Indeks medsebojne odzivnosti IRI

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P5-0110
• Name: Psihološki in nevroznanstveni vidiki kognitivnega nadzora, osebnosti in psihičnega blagostanja