Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative study
Background: Children inherently want to remain engrossed in the activities as easily as possible within their ecological environment and academic curricular ambit. Covid-19 adversely affected our physical, social, and mental conditions and children were no exception. Objectives: To understand the ex...
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| author | Khalid Bashir Zeenat Kausar S. Muhammad Salim Khan Mariya Amin Qurieshi Inaamul Haq |
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| description | Background:
Children inherently want to remain engrossed in the activities as easily as possible within their ecological environment and academic curricular ambit. Covid-19 adversely affected our physical, social, and mental conditions and children were no exception.
Objectives:
To understand the experiences of teachers who have been doing virtual teaching to children during COVID-19; To understand the impact of virtual teaching and COVID-19 on physical and mental health of children.
Materials and Methods:
The qualitative study was conducted in the Kashmir valley and school teachers teaching students from class Ist to class 8th were involved in the study. Participants were selected purposefully based on the inclusion criteria. One-to-one in-depth interviews were conducted with sixteen (16) school teachers, using a preformed interview guide. Data analysis was performed using the thematic analysis method.
Results:
Data analysis yielded four overarching themes and twelve subthemes viz:- 1) Attitudes towards online sessions among teachers (2) factors affecting the physical and mental health of children (3) Effectiveness of online classes for individual lines of children’s mental development (4) External and internal factors impacting child development and pedagogy.
Conclusion:
The study result explicitly showed mental and physical health of children got considerably affected by online teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic. Online teaching especially to children is less yielding in terms of effective academic consequences. Nevertheless, blending online teaching with pedagogy can enhance certain multidimensional capabilities of the children. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6dc05b225dbe41478685448f81d7e15c2025-01-20T11:14:42ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Psychiatry0019-55451998-37942023-04-0165441942310.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_393_22Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative studyKhalid BashirZeenat KausarS. Muhammad Salim KhanMariya Amin QurieshiInaamul HaqBackground: Children inherently want to remain engrossed in the activities as easily as possible within their ecological environment and academic curricular ambit. Covid-19 adversely affected our physical, social, and mental conditions and children were no exception. Objectives: To understand the experiences of teachers who have been doing virtual teaching to children during COVID-19; To understand the impact of virtual teaching and COVID-19 on physical and mental health of children. Materials and Methods: The qualitative study was conducted in the Kashmir valley and school teachers teaching students from class Ist to class 8th were involved in the study. Participants were selected purposefully based on the inclusion criteria. One-to-one in-depth interviews were conducted with sixteen (16) school teachers, using a preformed interview guide. Data analysis was performed using the thematic analysis method. Results: Data analysis yielded four overarching themes and twelve subthemes viz:- 1) Attitudes towards online sessions among teachers (2) factors affecting the physical and mental health of children (3) Effectiveness of online classes for individual lines of children’s mental development (4) External and internal factors impacting child development and pedagogy. Conclusion: The study result explicitly showed mental and physical health of children got considerably affected by online teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic. Online teaching especially to children is less yielding in terms of effective academic consequences. Nevertheless, blending online teaching with pedagogy can enhance certain multidimensional capabilities of the children.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_393_22covid-19mental healthonline teachingphysical health |
| spellingShingle | Khalid Bashir Zeenat Kausar S. Muhammad Salim Khan Mariya Amin Qurieshi Inaamul Haq Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative study Indian Journal of Psychiatry covid-19 mental health online teaching physical health |
| title | Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative study |
| title_full | Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative study |
| title_short | Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative study |
| title_sort | teachers perceptions of the impact of covid 19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in kashmir a qualitative study |
| topic | covid-19 mental health online teaching physical health |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_393_22 |
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