Secondary School Teacher
Ana Sernandas
To be a teacher in the New Normal:
A perspective
Bio
Ana Sernadas is a teacher of English at Instituto dos Púpilos do Exército since December 2020. Before she was the Director of the Portuguese Army Language Centre in Caldas da Rainha. She holds a PHD in English Studies and a Masters in American Studies.
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Her professional interests include research on education, literature and teaching/learning methodologies.
Abstract
Keywords: emergency remote learning; online learning; hybrid learning; education; teaching.
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Everything has changed since March 2020.
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From a Friday to a Monday, schools, and universities had to change from in-class teaching and learning to emergency remote teaching and learning (ERTL), all over the world.
This “new” demanding environment for students and teachers could be taken as a teaser for a future change in education.
The educational community had to switch from schools to homes, facing constraints of all kinds, such as technological, psychological, and social. These may have an impact on the social and cultural development of each country.
Was this an opportunity to transform the way education is provided or was it a drawback? Will the hybrid system be the “new normal”?
Following these challenges, this presentation reflects on the experience as head of the Portuguese Army Language Centre and as a teacher at Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército discussing the main differences between ERTL, online and face-to-face teaching, and learning experiences.