Layli Hamida
English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Airlangga
Email: layli-h@fib.unair.ac.id
Abstract
The research aims at exploring the way teachers deal with problems related to remote education since the beginning of Covid 19 calamity until recently. The study employed qualitative method with case study design to uncover the real effort teachers have dealt with their remote teaching. The setting was at a private school in Surabaya, Indonesia, which was chosen as a representative of secondary schools in the region based on convenient sampling technique. Results show that technological competence as well as conceptual understanding of online teaching has not been the concerns of all teachers before the pandemic. Trainings and workshops on the use of the learning applications have increased teacher’s competence, yet psychological barrier over the use of technology and test of the fittest between lesson and learning application has hindered some teachers to pursue an intensive use of the technology. The study adds to literature the resource which describes a wholistic journey of teachers facing the issue on remote education during the pandemic.
Keywords: Teachers, Online Teaching, Secondary School, Pandemic
