The impact of risk and protective factors on online teaching experience in high school Italian teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The lockdown due to COVID-19 in Italy resulted in the sudden closure of schools, with a shift from traditional teaching to the online one. Through an online questionnaire, this survey explores teachers' experience of online teaching, the level of risk factors (e.g., stress) and protective factors (e.g., locus of control) and their impact on satisfaction levels during the social distancing. One hundred seven high school teachers from Lombardy, an Italian region very affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, participated. Results show that depression and stress are the main predictors of satisfaction levels for online teaching. In addition, coping, locus of control and self-efficacy emerge as important protective factors. Finally, although there is great satisfaction with the online teaching experi

SUBMITTER: Truzoli R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8013901 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature