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Disquiet voices foretelling hope: rural teachers’ resilience experiences of past and present chronic adversity / Coetzee, Sonja ; Moen, Melanie ; Ferreira, Ronel ; Ebersöhn, Liesel

Ferreira, Ronel	Journal Article
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South African teachers leave teaching due to factors such as lack of support and adverse working conditions. This study investigated rural teachers’ resilience experiences of teaching in a resource-constrained school. A life history design was used to generate data. The research site was visited six times over 20 months. Fifteen interview–conversations were collected and transcribed. The results indicate that the teachers faced chronic poverty as life-span risks. The teachers listed the unstable education system, resource-constrained teaching environment and chronic adversity as risk factors in their environment. They were also concerned with the illiteracy of parents and demotivated students. Significantly, this study shows how rural teachers fostered hope despite chronic adversity in order to be resilient in their chosen profession.

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Resilience ; Adversity ; Resource Constrained ; Rural Teachers ; Chronic Adversity

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Teaching Online During the Covid Pandemic in Rural Bhutan: Challenges and Coping Strategies / Wangdi, Thinley ; Rai, Amit

Thinley Wangdi	Journal Article
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The adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers and students has been discussed in different contexts of education, mostly focused on challenges of the imposed transition from physical to virtual teaching. Not much has been written about the resulting predicaments of rural teachers and their students, especially in developing countries like Bhutan. Using a qualitative approach, this article explores these challenges and identifies the coping strategies used by 15 Bhutanese rural teachers regarding online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Possible implications and recommendations for future practice and research are discussed.

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Education ; Bhutan ; Rural Teachers ; COVID-19 ; Online Learning

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