Pre-service teachers' perceptions about the development of the pedagogical practicum under the methodology of Emergency Remote Teaching due to the COVID-19 2020

Abstract

This small-scale research was carried out with a group of 4 pre-service teachers enrolled in a B.A.English as a Foreign Language, at Santo Tomas University of Distance Education. The goal of this project is to describe how the Pre-service teachers' of 9th and 10th semester perceive the development of the pedagogical practicum under the methodology of Contingency Remote Teaching due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020. As data collection instruments, a structured interview and a survey were implemented. The data analysis gives an account of pre-service teachers’ perceptions from some technological and emotional perspectives they have had to face, making visible different problems, challenges, and feelings that they felt when carrying out their pedagogical practices under the remote teaching methodology. Furthermore, it became clear how innovation and commitment to teaching led pre-service teachers to go beyond their pedagogical and technological limits to meet their objectives.