Emotional Management of Differential Education teachers during the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Published 2022-08-25 — Updated on 2023-10-13
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https://doi.org/10.61144/0718-9397.2022.448

Abstract

This research describes the emotional management skills used by Special Education teachers who worked in school integración programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. This investigación was a qualitative type, with an exploratory-descriptive approach. In-depth interviews were used to gather información about the teachers' emotional experiences. The results conclude that the teachers experienced unpleasant emotions of high and low energy such as frustration, loneliness, tiredness, among others. The incidence of these feelings was primarily due to the pandemic crisis which perpetuated the precarization of the teachers' labour and the school institution stiffened driven by the administrativo duties, instead of strengthening well-being school cultures. These findings serve to highlight the need for the creation of formative spaces for the development of socioemotional abilities that promote the mental health care of educational communities and their members.


Keywords: Distance Education, Special Education, pandemic, socioemotional learning, Teachers competencies .

Author Biographies

Lucía Mondaca Cabrera

Psychologist. MA in Cognitive Developpement. 

Sergio Silva González

Psychopedagogue. BA in Education. 

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How to Cite

Mondaca Cabrera, L., & Silva González, S. (2023). Emotional Management of Differential Education teachers during the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Akadémeia Magazine, 21(1), 78–104. https://doi.org/10.61144/0718-9397.2022.448 (Original work published August 25, 2022)