ACADEMIC STAFF ADAPTATION TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A CASE OF PAVLO TYCHYNA UMAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

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https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.252683

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adaptation, challenges, academic staff, pandemic, higher education, online teaching, blended teaching

Abstract

Currently, higher education system is characterized by the growing role of personal ability to adapt to the challenges of COVID-19 and finding opportunities for further development considering the global changes in all spheres of life. It puts pressure on the institutions in general and academic staff in particular. This paper aims at studying the challenges academic staff of the English Language and Methods of Teaching Department of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and staff’s preparedness and consequent adaptation amid new conditions that are constantly appearing because of the pandemic. The article presents a case study research to answer the following questions: What is the level of academic staff readiness to teach under conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic from a diachronic perspective? In what ways has academic staff adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic? The study uses predominantly quantitative and occasionally qualitative analysis to gain insights into our researched issues. The research has shown a steady increase in the number of department lecturers who feel ready for the challenges of online and blended teaching caused by the pandemic and comfortable with their professional competence due to sustainable adaptation to the current situation. The research prospects are clearly seen in the further process of adaptation and professional activities paradigm re-evaluation under the constantly changing global and local conditions as well as researching the issue in a broader context of similar or corresponding cases.

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Author Biographies

Oleksandr Bezliudnyi, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University

Rector, Professor of English Language and Methods of Teaching Department

Oleh Komar, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University

Professor, head of English Language and Methods of Teaching Department

Anhelina Kolisnichenko, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University

Associate Professor of English Language and Methods of Teaching Department

Tetiana Kapeliushna, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University

Associate Professor of English Language and Methods of Teaching Department

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2022-08-01

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Bezliudnyi, O. ., Komar, O. ., Kolisnichenko, A., & Kapeliushna, T. . (2022). ACADEMIC STAFF ADAPTATION TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A CASE OF PAVLO TYCHYNA UMAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY. Advanced Education, 9(20), 53–69. https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.252683

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