Phenomenological analysis of the factors affecting the teachers' life quality during virtual learning..

Subject Areas : psycology

marjan torkzadeh ¹ , zeinab norouzi zad ^{2 *} , fahimeh dehghani ³

1 - Psychology student. Yazd University
2 - Psychology student of Yazd University
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Yazd University

Received: 2021-10-03 Accepted : 2022-03-06 Published : 2022-03-21

Keywords: Life quality, phenomenology, Virtual Learning, teachers,

Abstract :

Coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented crisis in employment and educational contexts. The prevalence of these viruses and hereupon virtualization of education have been shown to have negative and detrimental effects on the quality of life and have led to arising existing challenges in education and personal life. This study has targeted the factors affecting the teachers' life quality during virtual learning through adopting a qualitative approach and phenomenological method. The statistical population of this study included teachers living in Isfahan, 17 of whom were selected through purposive sampling to reach saturation value, during 1399-1400 school year. Semi-structured interviews were employed to gather data and Van Manen-based analysis method was employed to analyze the data. The results indicate that the teachers' life quality during virtual learning was affected by twelve sub-themes which were classified into five key factors including economic problems, occupational burnout, reduced interpersonal interactions, lack of leisure time and mental stress. This research can be advantageous to better understand the problems and requirements of teachers community during the virtual learning period.

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