Challenges and Possibilities of Remote Education in Times of Covid-19: Perceptions of Brazilian Teachers about they Effects on Relationships with Students and Families

Abstract

This article aims to analyze teachers' perceptions about the implementation of remote education and the effects on relationships with students and families during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research was conducted during 2020, through an electronic questionnaire and answers from 178 teachers were analyzed. The reflections presented in this study are based on the work of the theorists Morin and Viveret, Saviani and GalvÁ£o, González Rey, Ganda and Boruchovitch, Santos, among others. The analysis was conducted according to the principles of the Content Analysis methodology (Bardin, 2011). The results expressed in the discourses demonstrated impacts on the relations between the actors that generate this remote teaching scenario, including teachers, students and families. Another aspect found was that, often, the importance of quality in these relationships, and in the routine of daily life, goes unnoticed, but has a strong link with the quality of learning. Thus, it is believed that the experience of remote teaching in times of pandemic can serve as a significant Post-Pandemic learning opportunity.