The Well-being and Instructional Experiences of K-12 Music Educators: Starting a New School Year During a Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: In adapting to remote emergency teaching modes during pandemic-imposed conditions, teachers' instruction has changed dramatically. Early research indicates that the well-being of music teachers has suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic and that high levels of depression are widespread. The purpose of this survey study was to assess the continued psychological well-being of music teachers working amid a global pandemic based upon previous research we conducted during the Spring 2020 semester when most teachers in the United States were forced into emergency remote teaching. A secondary purpose was to explore the ways that pandemic conditions have affected music teachers' sense of safety at work and their current teaching situations. Our questionnaire consisted of sections pertaining to (1)

SUBMITTER: Parkes KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8337047 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature