School Dynamics in the Face of the Challenges of COVID-19: Echoes of a Pandemic

Abstract

The entire world recently experienced a coronavirus pandemic that brought with it the disease known as COVID 19, and this, in turn, a social confinement that lasted approximately 18 months between 2020 and 2021. The situation was so severe that the way things were done had to be rethought in all areas, including education. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study that aimed to identify the main changes in school dynamics in the face of the challenges posed by COVID-19.  The unit of analysis was made up of teachers and directors of an official educational institution that focuses its services on early childhood and basic education. Among the results are the transcendental changes in the roles played by the actors of the basic education system to respond to the needs and demands that emerged in the time of confinement.