Back To the Classroom: Teachers’ Views on Learners’ Behavior In Post-Pandemic

AUTHOR(S)

MARLYN A. BUGHAO

ABSTRACT

—— — The purpose of this study was to reveal the effects of the disruption to face-to-face education during the pandemic on the classroom environment upon return to the classroom. The participants of this case study were 15 junior and senior high school teachers working in Lumiad National High School in the Paquibato District of Davao City. This study aimed to examine teacher perceptions of the changes the COVID-19 pandemic caused on learners’ behaviors and how teachers addressed those changes and to understand the next steps that could address student learning disparities going forward. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and their contents were analyzed. The study revealed that there were cognitive changes, motivation and concentration problems, social changes, discipline problems, and psychomotor changes observed in students’ behaviors after the transition to face-to-face education. The sources of the behavioral changes were the family, the Department of Education, being away from school, and use of technology. The strategies used by the teachers in terms of classroom management while managing the process after the transition to face-to-face education were management of teaching, behavior management, management of relationships, and management of the physical environment, engagement of communities in school reopening, targeting resources for optimal use, getting children back to school, making school environments safe, and recovering learning loss. Keywords — Post-Covid 19, Classroom Management, Classroom Management Strategies, Student Behaviors, Behavioral Changes