Being an early childhood educator in times of uncertainty: challenges for professional development in context COVID-19

Ser educadora de párvulos en tiempos de incertidumbre: desafíos para su desarrollo profesional en contexto COVID-19

Ser um educador de infância em tempos de incerteza: desafios para o desenvolvimento profissional no contexto COVID-19

Figueroa-Céspedes, Ignacio - Guerra Zamora, Paula - Madrid Zan, Alejandro
Detalles Bibliográficos
2022
COVID-19
Pandemic
Early childhood education
Teacher Identity
Professional development
COVID-19
Pandemia
Educación Infantil
Identidad docente
desarrollo profesional
COVID-19
pandemia
educação infantil
identidade do professor
desenvolvimento profissional
Español
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
LIBERI
https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/2692
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/3192
Acceso abierto
Resumen:
Sumario:The COVID-19 pandemic challenged teachers and educational institutions to continue developing their pedagogical work despite the closure of their facilities, seeking alternatives for it.  This article seeks to understand how a group of Chilean nursery school teachers adapt their professional actions to the demands of the pandemic. This article is part of a broader qualitative study, of a narrative nature, and focuses on the experiences of six professional practicing educators, through semi-structured interviews, which were studied through a thematic analysis. Four main themes were found to constitute challenges for their professional learning: (1) uncertainty and coexistence of roles, (2) the mastery of technologies for remote learning, (3) the relationship with families and (4) pedagogical tensions around virtual teaching in early childhood contexts. These four categories are articulated around the need to train and accompany educators to provide better responses to teaching in contexts of uncertainty, while at the same time the need to recognize the work of early childhood educators for our society emerges.