BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS IN COVID-19 TIMES

This article investigates the conditions of remote and distance work, imposed on basic education teachers, due to the social isolation decreed due to the Pandemic resulting from the spread of COVID-19, which is a virus whose main consequence is severe respiratory failure in an expressive number of patients The research is justified by the extent of the problem, the impacts and the need to understand this moment of basic education from the perspective of teachers Thus, the research allows to understand the potential and limits of teaching performance during the pandemic with a view to improving its practice Methodologically, the research is of an applied nature, with an exploratory and descriptive objective A structured questionnaire applied in digital format was used as an instrument, distributed according to the snowball technique, within ten days, in which each respondent was invited to pass on the questionnaire to other subjects who practiced teaching in basic education 272 responses were obtained from teachers working in basic education, constituting a non-probabilistic sample Data analysis is quali-quantitative Social isolation significantly affected teachers' personal and professional lives The intensification of family life proved to be an ambiguous phenomenon Professional life has also been drastically affected, leading to the need to learn new tools and ways to perform the job, requiring more time and effort The exercise of professional activities at home also led to the blurring of boundaries between one sphere and another