The Impact of the COVID-19 To Student's Learning and Teacher's Teaching

Method in the Philippines

Samuel Z. Llabres
Marikina Polytechnic College
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges and has affected the educational sectors, and
no one knows when it will end. Every nation is presently implementing plans and procedures on
how to contain the virus, and the infections are still continually rising. In the educational context,
to sustain and provide quality education despite lockdown and community quarantine, the new
normal should be taken into consideration in the planning and implementation of how learners
and teachers enters the “new normal method of learning and teaching”.
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Introduction
The COVID-19 the most recent public health emergencies of global concern, this pandemic truly
changed everything around the world. Effectively affecting every nation’s economy, healthcare,
politics, tourism, and education. As of this time, the number of infections and deaths is still
increasing worldwide. To avoid the infection, containment, mitigation, contact tracing, self-
isolation, social distancing, wearing of face masks, improved health care systems, handwashing
and surface cleaning is recommended by the World Health Organization. (WHO 2020b).
In the Philippines, 7th of May 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) reported 10,343 with 685
deaths and 1,680 recovered. With these figures, the Philippines ranks third, after Singapore and
Indonesia, in the number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia. Quarantines are imposed to all
citizens and closure of all non-essential establishments, public transportations, facilities,
shopping centers, churches, schools, and universities. Particularly various parts of Metro Manila
and other regions of Luzon. Suspending people’s freedom of movement.
People being quarantined, the daily wage earners or the “no work, no pay” policy employees
have borne the brunt of these measures. Loss of income forcing people to rely only to
government’s financial assistance and social amelioration programs from the national
government, local government units or LGUs and other private sectors.
Nowadays, we all are staying in our homes due to the lockdowns that are being implemented by
the government. However, education must not halt. Every nation introduced different solutions
to continue the process of education – distanced learning. Online learning platforms such as
online classes, TV broadcasts, downloadable video lectures. The Department of Education
emphasized that it would not necessarily mean that teachers and learners will go to schools and
learn inside the classrooms and devised various modalities to ensure that online learning a choice
among all others in this new learning environment (DepEd, 2020). Similarly, in the higher
education institutions, new normal would-be virtual classrooms. The Commission on Higher
Education suggested to strengthen online platforms and blended learning such as but not limited
to google classroom, Messenger, Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube (CHED, 2020) In addition,
both will adopt numerous learning delivery options such as but not limited to face-to-face,
blended learnings, distance learnings, and home-schooling and other modes of delivery (CHED,
2020; DepEd, 2020).
Statement of the Problem
What are the factors affecting the quality of online teaching and learning?
Although online learning has become a feature of many education systems throughout the world,
the extent to which it is employed and how it is used to accomplish quality distance or online
learning is thought to differ. This level is determined by a variety of circumstances, including the
many parties participating in the execution of this learning format and the incorporation of
technology into education systems prior to the COVID-19 pandemic-related school shutdown
period. It has been suggested that the teachers' perspective on teaching has an impact on the
group of factors that influence opportunities to successfully integrate technology into the
classroom and make it a part of the learning process. This implies that it is contingent on whether
or not the teachers take the learning process into consideration:
 as an information transfer process, or utilize the teacher-centered approach, in which
the teacher transmits information to pupils and assesses data memorization using
various assessment tools.
 as a process that facilitates conceptual change (e.g., change of attitudes, knowledge,
or way of thinking) and/or see learning as a process that facilitates conceptual change
(e.g., change of attitudes, knowledge, or way of thinking), and thus use the student-
centered approach, where learning independence is driven by student discussions,
debates, and questions, as well as the forms of assessment that facilitate conceptual
change. (Prosser & Trigwell, 1999)
Since the transition from school to online learning incorporates the concept of "flexible
learning," the same factors related to teachers' perspectives on teaching methodology, which
have proven to influence the level of technology integration in the classroom, are expected to
have an impact on the successful implementation of online learning. The applied teaching
approaches should seek to foster learning and independence among the students, regardless of
whether they are online, and the courses should be developed to accommodate their particular
needs, according to this notion. (Huang et.al. 2020) Therefore the student-centered approach is
considered the main component of flexible learning.
Methods
The situation provides a unique challenge to every educational leader's decision-making process
inside the new normal. As a result, in order to maintain the delivery of high-quality education to
every school, this article discusses options for dealing with concerns, problems, and trends that
have arisen and will develop in the future as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The
implications that have arisen for the day after, that is, what adjustments need to be made, the
extent of the situation, and to define the basic dimensions of education and learning in formal
education systems and organizations amid educational disruptions, are worth studying after
returning to normalcy. (Karalis, 2020)
Following government’s implemented minimum health standards
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and the wearing of face masks in
public and private schools is required once classes resume or begin. Physical separation laws and
guidelines have been issued by governments all over the world in order to flatten the pandemic
curve. (Greenstone & Nigam, 2020)
Strengthening Online Learning Platforms
We are all currently confined to our houses as a result of the government's lockdown program.
Learning, on the other hand, should not come to a halt. Various countries around the world have
implemented various solutions to maintain the education process during the epidemic, including
the advent of distance learning. Google, TV broadcasts, guidelines, resources, video lectures, and
internet channels are examples of online learning platforms.
Enhancing Health Research and Development

chools need to strengthen research and

development in terms of
health. One of the functions of every
higher education institution is to
contribute to the generation of knowledge
and its application through
research and development endeavors.
Higher education needs to
demonstrate competitiveness,
effectiveness and efficiency by
strengthening research activities in the
field of health and pandemic
In terms of health, schools must improve research and development. Every higher education
institution has a responsibility to contribute to the generation of knowledge and its application
through research and development efforts. By bolstering research activities in the fields of health
and pandemic preparedness, higher education can demonstrate its competitiveness, efficacy, and
efficiency. (Toquero, 2020)
Every institution should expedite creative research and development projects to assist control the
pandemic's spread and facilitate care for individuals impacted, in accordance with WHO plans.
Conclusions and Recommendations
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the education sector. This study
revealed some of the new typical situations in the school setting in the Philippines, where
COVID-19 infections are still on the rise. However, despite advocating many responses to the
new normal, there were several obstacles and issues raised. As a result, schools at all levels must
address these issues and carefully examine plans and procedures for implementing the new
normal. In these trying times, the most important thing is to work together. We should assist in
the formation of post-COVID-19 education and the transition to the new normal.
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