Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Tertiary Students' Perception of Their Classroom Emotional Climate

• In Event: Learning Environments in the Tertiary Education Sector: New Insights

Abstract

In early 2020, universities around the world adopted a fully online mode of delivering teaching because of lockdowns imposed due to COVID-19. This led educational researchers investigating issues such as internet access, student attitudes to online learning and mental health. This paper reports the validation of a University Classroom Emotional Climate (UCEC) questionnaire and an Attitudes to Learning scale, as well as their use in comparing the classroom emotional climate and attitudes during Covid-19 lockdown (fully online delivery) with post-lockdown (mixed-mode delivery). Female students experienced the post-lockdown condition significantly more positively, while the only significant difference for males was their choice to engage with learning (Control) and the degree of Challenge that they found with the learning materials.

Authors

• Felicity McLure, Charles Darwin University
  Presenting Author

• Rekha Bhan Koul, Curtin University
  Presenting Author

• Barry J. Fraser, Curtin University
  Non-Presenting Author