- Title
- Rural teachers’ experiences during covid-19 pandemic: lessons learnt to cope with future emergencies
- Creator
- Dlambewu, Amanda
- Subject
- COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa
- Subject
- Rural schools -- South Africa
- Subject
- Teachers -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2024-04
- Date
- 2024-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/63945
- Identifier
- vital:73629
- Description
- This study focused on challenges faced by rural teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the intention of using the outcomes to develop a framework that could assist with coping with similar challenges in future emergencies. The study was situated in the interpretivist paradigm. A qualitative approach was employed using interviews and a focus group discussion. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory and the theory of rurality were used as lenses to explore and interpret the challenges that rural teachers experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study's findings reveal that teachers faced the following challenges: mental health, adaptability, impact on personal life, safety, and work environment challenges. Furthermore, the study also found that teachers used the following coping mechanisms to deal with the challenges during the pandemic: adherence to rules and regulations, pastoral services, support from friends and family, collaboration, and physical activity. Finally, after applying both the theory of rurality and Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory to the findings, a framework was developed to assist in coping with future emergencies.
- Description
- Thesis (MEd) -- Faculty of Education, Post Graduate Education, 2024
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (200 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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