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Abstract
Worldwide, the Covid-19 pandemic has transformed teaching contexts rapidly. Studies on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have largely focused on students’ learning and well-being. In contrast, little is known about how emergency online teaching affects teachers. The aim of this study was to examine how disrupted teaching contexts during the Covid-19 pandemic affected academic teacher identities in health science education. Interviews were conducted with 19 experienced lecturers in health science education from two universities. Interview data were analysed using systematic text condensation. The established codes were compared across interviews to identify common themes and subsequently synthesized into descriptions of the emerging phenomena. Findings indicated that a form of embodied teacher identity, i.e. internalized teaching practices turned into dispositions, constituted a basic pedagogical condition and a resource for the teachers, and that the sudden change in the teaching context caused a loss of teacher identity. This identity loss was related to an incorporated understanding and use of the teacher’s sense of the classroom (subtheme 1), non-verbal feedback from students (subtheme 2) and reciprocal visual contact (subtheme 3). Data also indicated that teachers’ ability to adapt their teaching to students’ needs while teaching and teachers’ motivation and job satisfaction may have suffered. Universities should carefully consider how to cultivate sustainable and adaptive teacher identities compatible with the increasing digitalization of learning environments. Teaching is an embodied affair, and teacher identities are sensitive to structural changes in teaching contexts.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Advances in Health Sciences Education |
Volume | 27 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 577–603 |
Number of pages | 27 |
ISSN | 1382-4996 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2022 |
Keywords
- Covid-19 pandemic
- Eye contact
- Health science education
- Higher education
- Non-verbal communication
- Online teaching
- Practical sense
- Qualitative research
- Teacher identity
- Pandemics
- Humans
- Universities
- COVID-19/epidemiology
- Students
- Qualitative Research
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TIME: Teaching In Medical and Health Sciences Education
Christensen, M. K. (PI), Weissmann, E. A. (Participant), Kjær, L. B. (Participant), O’Neill, L. D. (Collaborator), Leijon , M. (Collaborator) & Mahon, K. (Collaborator)
17/10/2022 → 02/11/2026
Project: Research
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Embodied teaching: practical sense as a basic pedagogical condition in times of Covid-19
Christensen, M. K. (PI), Nielsen, K.-J. S. (Participant) & O’Neill, L. D. (Participant)
01/05/2020 → 02/08/2021
Project: Research
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How facilitated multi-source feedback constructs new conversations about teaching: a positioning theory study
Christensen, M. K., Møller, J. E. & Pedersen, I. M., 2023, In: International Journal for Academic Development. 28, 3, p. 272-286 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ubehagelig udvikling
Christensen, M. K., May 2023, In: Dansk Universitetspædagogisk Tidskrift. 18, 34, p. 4-10 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Undersøgelse af underviseres pædagogiske kompetencer på Health
Christensen, M. K. & Nielsen, K.-J. S., Feb 2021, Aarhus Universitet. 62 p.Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Report › Research
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Kropsliggjort undervisning: praktisk sans som et pædagogisk grundvilkår under Covid-19
Nielsen, K.-J. S. (Invited speaker) & Christensen, M. K. (Invited speaker)
8 Oct 2021Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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ICED 2022 - International Consortium for Educational Development
Christensen, M. K. (Chair person)
2020 → 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference