Teachers' Creative Resources for Managing Stress and Uncertainty: An Exploration of Teacher Affect and Adaptations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• In Event: Classrooms Amid Crisis: Teachers' Experiences During the Pandemic


Abstract

In times of major uncertainty for students and teachers, such as the global COVID-19 pandemic, different kinds of creative resources and strengths that teachers carry may play a role in managing stress, finding joy, and bouncing back from inevitable setbacks with resilience. Developing the creative resources of teachers may be a critically important step in helping them deal with the challenges and stress of reaching their students, especially the most marginalized, through distance learning. This study aims to understand how different creative beliefs, attitudes, and affect relate to general well-being and resilience of teachers, buffering teachers from negative affect and stress.

Authors

• Ross C Anderson, University of Oregon

• Jen Katz-Buonincontro, Drexel University

• Tracy Bousselot, Inflexion