Online Teaching in COVID-19 Pandemic: Secondary School Teachers’ Beliefs on Teaching Presence and School Support

The COVID-19 pandemic, with the consecutive lockdowns, has led schools around world to transition suddenly from face-to-face education online teaching. purpose of this paper was investigate secondary school teachers’ beliefs on teaching presence and support for learning during pandemic. sample 238 teachers in Greece who are interested e-learning received some preparation teach courses. An questionnaire administered three factors were revealed: instruction organization, facilitation cognitive activation, support. Teachers’ perceived strong (over 63% expressed agreement), highest percentages agreement linked clear instruction, communication time frames course topics, encouragement that could help students learn. On other hand, weak 50% disagreement neutral views), regarded existence a professional development strategy objectives/vision towards learning. Gender, years experience, experience had small effect beliefs. Implications teacher development, educational policy, design technology applications discussed.