Implications of COVID-19 on teachers' personal values
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has reverberated throughout the world's society. In the area of education, in particular, the closure of teaching centers and the abrupt online work has impacted on teachers' mental health, including changes in values. From this perspective, this study investigated the possible effects of Covid-19 on teachers' personal values. Values are abstract structures, associated with emotion, influencing choices and behaviors, representing conscious and desired personal goals, and can serve as criteria used by people in their decision-making. Using the quantitative research method through the application of an online questionnaire by Google Forms, the Values Scale validated by Luiz Lapa in 2019 was used as an instrument. The scale is an adaptation of social psychologist Shalom Schwartz's Refined Value Questionnaire (PVQ-R). Among other results, there are indications of an increase in the values of universalism, benevolence (values of Self-transcendence), safety and conformity (values of Conservation) and a decrease in the importance of the values of stimulation (values of Openness to change) and power (values of Self-promotion). Therefore, in this context, there are indications of changes in teachers' personal values due to Covid-19.
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Copyright (c) 2023 Luiz Gonzaga Lapa Junior, Ada Raquel Teixeira Mourão, Marcela Pesci Peruzzo, Leticia Keroly Bezerra Alexandrino, Lucineide Melo de Paulo Leão, Libya Raquel Gomes Vicente Ribeiro, Sonia Maria Escobar de Matos Ferreira, Maria Eugênia Monteiro, Eliane de Jesus Araujo, Edilene Ferreira de SenaAuthor(s)
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Luiz Gonzaga Lapa Junior
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Ada Raquel Teixeira Mourão
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Marcela Pesci Peruzzo
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Leticia Keroly Bezerra Alexandrino
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Lucineide Melo de Paulo Leão
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Libya Raquel Gomes Vicente Ribeiro
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Sonia Maria Escobar de Matos Ferreira
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Maria Eugênia Monteiro
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Eliane de Jesus Araujo
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Edilene Ferreira de Sena