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Survey shows that tertiary staff have suffered stress and anxiety while teaching online during the Covid-19 pandemic
A teacher survey revealed the stressful conditions that tertiary staff have faced at alert levels 3 and 4.
Conducted by the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) and published by Dr. Charles Sedgwick, 825 teachers were surveyed.
It showed an increase of 48% in the levels of “moderate stress” and of 26% “very stressed”.
Stress levels related to online workload, technology support, and availability and concerns for student well-being.
A staff member from the University of New Zealand commented that they had been overwhelmed by moving the course they provided online.
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“(I feel) I don’t know what I’m doing, I feel like I’m doing a bad job. I feel isolated,” they said.
“Most IT technology doesn’t work properly from home. There is no proper computer equipment or the Internet. Very little real support for Internet technology issues. “
Stress was felt not only in the higher education sector, but also in other areas.
A Wellington elementary school teacher who did not want to be named said Things her students had to rely on government-provided teaching packages, and only four of her 29 students had access to a suitable online device.
“The biggest challenge for me is not being able to teach my students properly, with the lack of devices and children without internet at home,” he said.
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Tertiary staff have had to teach online classes from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“It definitely shows the divide between rich and poor.”
The survey also revealed that 43 percent of respondents had found “” moderate support “” from their employers, 38 percent “” support “” and 18 percent “” minimal support. ”
“The management of this university could not care less about its employees. I am concerned about the type of pressure staff will experience when the closure ends, “said one respondent.
Another said that his teaching hours and salary had been reduced, while some non-academic staff members had been fired.
Survey staff were asked what should happen at level 3 and beyond, and one said that schools and universities should continue to teach online as they were not prepared to return to the classroom as social distancing was not. practical.
Chadwick concluded that the staff’s “detailed and concerned comments” indicated a ready and capable workforce capable of producing a dedicated response to continuing teaching in difficult times.
