Exploratory Study of the Influence of Technology on the Happiness and Well-being of Future Teacher’s during Difficult Times of COVID-19

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19181617

Shama Norien Major and Shreya (Department of Elementary Education, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi)

Teachers are the most crucial human resource and a driving force that immensely contributes to nation-building through education. Teaching learning process in schools is a dynamic process wherein constant changes are experienced in various aspects like pedagogy, learning theories, curriculum, and educational processes, a lot of which provides challenge and comfort to the teachers. Amidst the multi-sectional and dynamic structure of education, teachers’ well-being is elicited as one of the concern areas in education. Hence, this study aims to examine the impact of technology on prospective teachers’ happiness and well-being in teacher education programmes. The present study is exploratory and qualitative in nature. The data was collected in two phases. In the first phase, the data was collected using two psychological scales to assess the subjective happiness and life satisfaction of Lyubomirsky (2011) and Diener (1985) respectively, along with an online questionnaire which was filled by the respondents. In the second phase of the study, interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview schedule with the respondents who scored highest and lowest in the results of psychological scales. The sample of the study comprises 48 female prospective teachers studying in a teacher education programme during their fourth-year internship. The respondents were selected through purposive sampling from a teacher education programme enrolled in a college of University of Delhi. The result of the study showed that technology influences prospective teachers’ well-being and happiness both positively and negatively in their professional and personal spheres.