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Yu-Lin Chang1, Ching-Lin Wu2,3
1Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic forced teachers into online teaching, presenting challenges. This study found that teachers
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Online Learning Pedagogy
- Teacher Professional Development
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid transition to online teaching globally.
- This shift presented significant challenges for educators, impacting teaching practices and student engagement.
- Coping mechanisms for these challenges are linked to individual creative personality traits.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the perceived difficulties faced by middle school teachers in Taiwan during online teaching adaptation.
- To examine the coping strategies employed by teachers in relation to their creative personality types.
- To utilize a typological approach to understand differences among creative personality groups.
Main Methods:
- Employed a typological approach to classify creative personality traits.
- Utilized cluster analysis to categorize nine creative personality traits into four types: extremely low, weakly low, weakly high, and extremely high.
- Examined problems encountered and coping strategies used by teachers across four dimensions based on their creative personality type.
Main Results:
- Teachers with extremely low and weakly low creative personality types reported more difficulties in classroom management and teacher-student interaction.
- These teachers sought peer communication and professional development to improve information technology (IT) skills.
- Teachers with weakly high and extremely high creative personality types demonstrated proactive engagement in developing and refining their IT skills.
Conclusions:
- Creative personality type significantly influences teachers' experiences and coping strategies in online teaching environments.
- Lower creative personality types require targeted support for IT skills and classroom management in online settings.
- Higher creative personality types are more adaptable and innovative in integrating technology into teaching.
Keywords:
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