# Reconfiguration of life and work routines of senior professors during the COVID-19 pandemic

## TL;DR

This study explores how older professors adapted to remote work and teaching during the pandemic, highlighting challenges like technology use and lack of institutional support.

## Contribution

The paper provides insights into the specific challenges faced by senior professors during the pandemic and emphasizes the need for institutional support and training.

## Key findings

- Senior professors faced difficulties adapting to remote teaching and experienced increased workloads.
- Learning to use technology was seen as a form of professional reinvention.
- Institutions provided limited psychological and technical support to older teachers.

## Abstract

to analyze the challenges and interferences experienced in reconfiguration of daily life and work of senior professors working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

qualitative research, with 15 professors from different levels of education. Snowball sampling and individual interviews were carried out, with structured and semi-structured questions. Analysis was simple statistical, percentage and lexicographic using Alceste software.

age ranged from 60 to 78 years, with a majority of women and difficulties in starting remote classes. There were more hours of work with overload, physical health problems due to a sedentary lifestyle and mental health problems.

learning to use technology was understood as reinventing oneself as a professor. Collaborative work was a strategy to overcome challenges, and there was little psychological support from institutions. There is a clear need for investment in updating teaching staff and greater assistance to older teachers in their difficulties to overcome limitations.

analisar os desafios e interferências vivenciadas na reconfiguração do cotidiano de vida e de trabalho de docentes idosos atuantes no ensino remoto na pandemia de COVID-19.

pesquisa qualitativa, com 15 docentes de diferentes níveis de ensino. Realizaram-se amostragem de bola de neve e entrevista individual, com perguntas estruturadas e semiestruturadas. A análise foi estatística simples, percentual e lexicográfica pelo software Alceste.

a idade variou de 60 a 78 anos, sendo majoritariamente mulheres e com dificuldades para iniciar as aulas remotas. Houve mais horas de trabalho com sobrecarga, problemas de saúde física pelo sedentarismo e mentais.

aprender a manusear as tecnologias foi entendido como se reinventar como docente. O trabalho colaborativo foi estratégia para vencer desafios, e houve pouco apoio psicológico das instituições. Evidencia-se a necessidade de investimentos em atualizações do corpo docente e maior assistência aos docentes idosos nas suas dificuldades para vencer as limitações.