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Kazakhstan is a post-Soviet, multilingual developing country that has faced a COVID pandemic lockdown. The national shift online to emergency remote teaching took place with less than a week of preparation. The sudden national shift online, compounded with lack of clear and consistent communication, a lack of teacher resources for online teaching, and a digital divide between rural and urban internet were factors that impacted Kazakhstani teachers identity. Our report utilized qualitative narrative inquiry for teachers to reflect on how lack of communication and resources have impacted teachers’ emotional and mental well-being. Our report presents strategies to facilitate policymakers’ decisions for future pandemics. We investigated teachers’ beliefs in relation to two questions: (1) What factors affected teacher identity during ERT? (2) To what extent do uncertainty and rapid changes deprofesionialize teachers’ sense of self? We analyzed reflective interviews on ERT learning with seven teachers, using the discourse of teacher well-being and identity. The findings revealed uncertainty and a lack of support for teachers, from both the government and families, created a “deprofessionalization” of teacher identity.
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1.1 Digital Teaching Resources
Digital Tools/platform | Links | Description |
|---|---|---|
An instant messenger that is the most popular in Kazakhstan. We used text and voice messages, video and audio calls function | ||
Telegram | Telegram is a freeware, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging software and application service. Telegram messages are heavily encrypted and can self-destruct. This messenger is considered as the safest one. We also used voice and video calls and voice messages | |
FaceTime | FaceTime is a proprietary videotelephony product developed by Apple Inc. FaceTime is available on supported iOS mobile devices. FaceTime video calls were used when there were connection problems and the speed of the internet was not enough for WhatsApp video calls | |
Skype | Skype specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices. We used it for the users who wanted to use their computers and not phones |
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Kozhabayeva, K., Boivin, N. (2021). Emergency Remote Teaching in the Kazakhstan Context: Deprofessionalization of Teacher Identity. In: Chen, J. (eds) Emergency Remote Teaching and Beyond. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84067-9_6
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