Education during Covid-19 pandemic times

Abstract

This work intends to reflect on educational context in these times of pandemic: the impact on education and its dynamics – impact on education and its dynamics, the impact on teaching performance, the impact on students and their families. We know that a virus called coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, has devastated the world. Several news regarding the virus were broadcasted in terrifying and mismatched versions on the media in general (radio, television, internet, social networks). The year of 2020 started and different governments around the world took different positions. Schools were closed and classes were transferred to remote modalities. The social and work relationships were also changed, which began to be carried out in a virtual environment. Living this pandemonium, teachers had to reinvent themselves by adapting their classes to the new reality and continuing the school year. By seeking multiple ways to use digital media with synchronous and asynchronous classes, the teachers, using their own resources and opening their homes to the school, managed to do their job. This situation affected not only teachers, but students, families, education agents and the traditional conception of teaching and learning. This article, therefore, intends to enlight not only the difficulties faced during this period, but also to bring some reflections that can lead us to effective changes in educational practices, the school environment and its agents.