Vocational teachers’ experiences on occupational health, safety, and wellbeing in remote work during Covid-19 pandemic : Case Tredu
Antila, Akseli (2023)
2023
Master's Programme in Security and Safety Management
Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta - Faculty of Management and Business
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2023-12-07
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-2023112110138
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-2023112110138
Tiivistelmä
The Covid-19 pandemic effected and changed the world in the late 2019. Due to the worldwide pandemic organizations all over the world had to face new challenges and cope with the fact, that employees were forced to switch to remote work to restrain and prevent the pandemic from spreading. Educational institutions were similarly affected by the pandemic, and educational institutions were faced with a new challenge of remote teaching. This thesis concentrates on vocational education, and vocational teachers experiences during their time working remote.
This master’s thesis aim was to research Tredu vocational schools’ teachers on their experiences on occupational health, safety and wellbeing in remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research was conducted as a qualitative study, where the research material was collected through eight thematic interviews, which were conducted with Tredu vocational teachers in April 2022 through Microsoft Teams and in person.
The research material was then analysed through the principals of theory-based content analysis. The theoretical concepts of theory-based content analysis were based on previous research and Rauramos (2008) model of wellbeing.
The theoretical framework of the thesis is based on information about vocational education, occupational health, safety and wellbeing aspects, and highlights previous research on remote work and wellbeing. The theoretical part of the thesis also introduces the most important legal context on the subject.
The results show that remote teaching in vocational education has both positive and negative traits and effects on teachers’ occupational health, safety and wellbeing. Overall, the positive aspects outweighed the negative and the vocational teachers in Tredu have primarily seen remote teaching as a positive experience.
This master’s thesis aim was to research Tredu vocational schools’ teachers on their experiences on occupational health, safety and wellbeing in remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research was conducted as a qualitative study, where the research material was collected through eight thematic interviews, which were conducted with Tredu vocational teachers in April 2022 through Microsoft Teams and in person.
The research material was then analysed through the principals of theory-based content analysis. The theoretical concepts of theory-based content analysis were based on previous research and Rauramos (2008) model of wellbeing.
The theoretical framework of the thesis is based on information about vocational education, occupational health, safety and wellbeing aspects, and highlights previous research on remote work and wellbeing. The theoretical part of the thesis also introduces the most important legal context on the subject.
The results show that remote teaching in vocational education has both positive and negative traits and effects on teachers’ occupational health, safety and wellbeing. Overall, the positive aspects outweighed the negative and the vocational teachers in Tredu have primarily seen remote teaching as a positive experience.