ADAPTATION IN THE NEW NORMAL: MIDDLE-AGED TEACHING EMPLOYEES' EXPERIENCES IN A PHILIPPINE STATE-FUNDED UNIVERSITY
Creators: name: JOHN WAYNE VILLAFLOR JACINTO
name: Ochotorena, Corazon B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: new normal, adaptation, teaching employees, middle-aged

description: <em>The paper used a phenomenological approach to explore adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of middle-aged teaching employees at a state-funded university in Dapitan City, Philippines. Their experiences were categorized into three themes, namely: new normal, challenges in the new normal and adaptation. The new normal is described as the: combination of old and new technology; adoption of new instructional modalities, limitation to school activities and new form of a work environment. The employees also faced challenges such as: limitation in knowledge and access to educational technology, disengaged students, physical and mental limitations due to age, poor internet connectivity, students’ academic dishonesty, travel and institutional restriction, financial incapacity, difficulty and misperformed tasks, and abrupt transitioning process. Conversely, adaptation is described as the initiation of new instructional modalities, extension of working time at home, extended student support, positive acceptance of reality, fitting of activities and assessment to students, being equipped with technological knowledge and resources and other references, leniency in course expectations, reaching out for assistance: No Man is an Island, and reinforcement of learning. Their experiences revealed that adaptation in the new normal did not come smoothly among middle-aged teaching employees since personal and institutional factors were considered. Though age matters in their adaptation but it did not hinder them to move forward and become active individuals in the teaching-learning process. Further, it is recommended that higher education institutions may create a specialized or more age-appropriate training program for middle-aged teaching employees in cases disruptions occur. </em>
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