Secondary School Teachers’ Perceptions of the Officially Adopted Covid-19 Educational Measures

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has been one of the most challenging experiences in our history. As for education, it has created an unprecedented defiance for education systems worldwide and Algeria was no exception. The health crisis urged the authorities to make arrangements and adjustments to adapt the learning environment to the striking situation. This study aimed to investigate secondary school teachers’ perceptions of the adopted Covid-19 educational measures in an attempt to explore the changes they brought about into the learning environment and their effects on the learning process. To reach the aim, an exploratory research has been conducted based on a mixed-method approach using document analysis and a teachers’ questionnaire as main data collection tools. The sample of the study comprised 140 secondary school teachers from different Algerian cities. The findings revealed that the adopted Covid-19 educational measures have resulted in a set of changes in the learning environment in terms of school setting, class size, instruction time, curricula volume and delivery mode that affected the learning process to varying degrees.