Musicians of the Titanic: An EFL teacher’s classroom management experiences during Covid-19 pandemic

Authors : Nur SÜRÜÇ ŞEN, Serpil GENÇ

Pages : 14-31

Doi:10.31681/jetol.960132

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Publication Date : 2022-01-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This single-subject case study dwells on the classroom management insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CM); practices during emergency remote teaching insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ERT); that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. The participant is an English teacher, teaching young learners insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(aged 6-8); during the time of the study. Under the qualitative research framework, the strategies and views upon CM practices were derived from observation of 20 lessons, 4 weekly reflection reports, and a semi-structured interview. The data were transcribed, analyzed using in-vivo and descriptive coding methods, and interpreted with relating to the existing literature. As a result, it was found out that there were many factors interwoven in this subject matter, giving rise to an intricate network of developing strategies, perceptions, and roles. In this vein, various teacher roles/resources, dynamic learners’ roles, a toolkit for dealing with CM issues, the intervening surrounding factors affecting the course of CM during ERT were presented and discussed within the related literature. Accordingly, practical implications upon ameliorating this process and recommendations for enhancing the understanding of the subject matter were provided.
Keywords : classroom management, COVID 19 pandemic, emergency remote teaching, reflective teaching